Thursday, January 19, 2012

15 month appt - Jan 11, 2012

It's been a LONG time since i've posted anything -- work and life just keeps getting in the way! but, i figure I should at least post her 15 month dr appt results, since this blog is serving as a baby book of sorts!

since haley's 15 month b-day fell on Dec 23, we had her appt a few weeks late. She went in on Jan 11, and here are her stats:

33 inches long (95th percentile)

24 lbs 4 oz (70th percentile)

She checked out well in all areas. Here appt was 1 week after getting her ear tubes and the dr said they looked good.

She was not too happy about the 3 shots she got, but survived in the end.

At this point in her life, she is VERY active - nearly running everywhere, trying to talk all the time, but only making about 5-10 words out. She tries to repeat words we say but can't get some of her sounds out yet.

she knows the sounds of about 15 animals and can point to the pics of animals too.

she knows many many body parts - ears, eyes, nose, cheek, chin, lips, elbow, hair, head, hands, fingers, toes, feet, and her favorite of all, belly button.

we have eliminated all passie usage except for naps at home and night time sleeping. she was getting it in the car too, but we just weened her off of that about 2 weeks ago.

she will be moving rooms at daycare on jan 23, so hopefully will adjust ok. she's been spending ~1 hr a day in the new room this past week. the main changes in this room (besides new toys & teachers) is sleeping on a mat (vs. a cot) and a 'no fingers' rule when eating. so, she'll have to really learn to use that spoon soon!

she was doing great with her spoon & fork usage until we went home for christmas...since then she wants US to feed her, else she used her hands!!

she is a BIG eater with a very healthy appetite. lately she has gotten a little picky with the foods she wants but will usually at least taste the food (then spit it out if she does not like/want it).

haley has gotten very attached to stuffed animals lately - mainly SNOOPY dog from aunt kerrie & uncle russell & a brown bear from trey & i ....she wants to take them everywhere.  she even  holds snoopy while she bounces on her horse, and had him in her high chair during breakfast a few times!

Christmas pics from TX

Here are some pics from our trip to TX over Christmas.  There are a ton of great ones, but I can't post them all !



 














ear tube surgery - Jan 6, 2012

well, after 7 ear infections between June 20-end of December, we took the plunge to get haley ear tubes.  she was just constantly sick (and miserable) and on antibiotics and we were miserable too (not sleeping and missing work).  so, she had the surgery jan 6.  the doc said he removed fluid from both ears so the next infection was inevitable. 

with the exception of the HOUR of nonstop screaming after waking up, she did great.  i was warned that she would be inconsolable when waking up but did not expect for it to last that long.  but, by the end of the day she was back to normal, and a very happy baby the following days. 

she has her 2 wk check up with the ENT tomorrow, so hopefully everything will still look good. 
here's an out of focus picture of us before i put the mask on her to make her fall asleep.