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Another Well Baby Check Up (another grueling 3 hours experience…as soon as he gets 2 we are changing doctors). Keegan is healthy and well developed, and he actually showed more patience than mom and dad during the eternal wait to see the doctors.

These are his measurements:
• Weight is exactly 23 lb (10.2kg) >> 25–50 percentile
• Height  is 30.1/2 inches (77 cm) >> 50–75 percentile
• Head circumference of 14.5in. >> 25 percentile

So he remained on his growth curve, after the big jump last time. he seems to hit all the developmental milestones, except for talking and we never tried scribbling, so we are not sure about that.

These are milestones he was checked for :

• he walks fast and almost run
• he stacks objects on top of each other. His record was 5 before collapse.
• he responds to simple commands (when he wants to)
• he self feeds, and use utensils (he can, but only when he wants to)
• he picks up objects while walking without falling down
• he waves bye
• he holds out arm or lifts a leg to help us dress him
• he points at body parts when asked (again if he wants to)
• he matches lids with containers
• he imitates us somewhat
• he points
• he walks backward

Other things he does:

• he finally started signing back in a clear way! it only took 9 months!!! He now clearly signs for milk. He also knows how to sign for More, and Finished, but he does not use them consistently. He makes up his own signs as well: lifting his arm to indicate trees, and one arm to indicate he wants up on the couch; shakes his head to say no; bangs on the fridge or his high chair when he is hungry; rubs his hands together when we tell him to go wash his hands; clap his hands or feet when asked.
• he enjoys washing his hand. He gets up his little steps, and helps out.
• while he is not really talking, he says “nanana” for banana, dadad for dad, and mummmmm for mom. He also started grunting for pig: of course of all animal sound we have been doing he has to pick the pig. He also makes a distinctive sound and put his hand on his hear for telephone.
• his understanding increases every day: he now sits down when asked, and also when we mention it is time to put our shoes on.
• he is throwing balls…or anything else in his hands
• he getting a lot better at shape sorting. His favorite toy right now is the Shape Sorter Hyppo: not only he gets to sort the shapes, he gets to press down a button that eject them out from the mouth. Of course he enjoys the pressing the button more than shape sorting, but still…

• he has learned to open doors. Fortunately, some of our handles are higher than others, so out of his reach. We also got some handles lock, just in case
• he is slowly eating more foods. We are cautious in saying it, but he has started getting more chunky foods and self feeding himself more.
• he has started walking backwards and sitting in between our legs when he wants to be read a book: I guess they do this in his new daycare, and he may like that a lot
• he still quite the daredevil. He enjoys standing on the coffee table, and crowd diving: this keep us on our toes, because he dives regardless if there is anyone there to catch him or not. He loves to climb and go up and down stairs.
• he still loves books and keeps on turning pages on his own. He has been doing this for a long time now, and it makes it difficult to read to him.
• he is starting to throw tantrums when frustrated, usually when we stop him from doing something dangerous or take a way a toy (or not take him outside)”
• of course he more and more interested in his penis, now every time we change him
• he “dances” when he hears music, especially the banjo sounds from his leap frog table. Well, he bend his legs and goes up and down, but hey, he is a white boy, and white boy can’t dance, right?

In other news, he is getting adjusted to his new daycare. He has not been crying the past couple of mornings when we left him, and he seems more involved. I saw him interact with the other kids more when I pick him up, and they told us that he loves to eat. He has been eating a lot more there and different foods: he probably likes to eat with all the other kids: they are so cute, sitting together at their little tables, with their little chairs. He must enjoy the social eating: we really need to make an effort to share some meals together.

The new schedule is more structured, and maybe he likes the predictability of it. They do art, and music and outdoor play, and so far he has been sleeping a couple of hours each afternoon. In the weekends we have some trouble keeping him up till 11.30/12. On Saturday he feel asleep at 9.30 on his high chair (and of course, bad parents as we are, there he staid till he woke up  an hour later). His night sleeping is still a little off, but it seems like the daylight savings change helped, and he has been sleeping a little longer in the morning (maybe because it is darker).

So, all and all he is a healthy, happy toddler, and we are deeply grateful for that. Plus, isn’t he adorably cute?