18 Month Wellness Visit

This post is very late! I misplaced the card with William's stats, so I kept saving the post waiting till I found the card. My apologies for the tardiness!

William had a great 18 month wellness visit on July 25 - his actual 18 month birthday! Here are his stats:

Height: 34.75" / 99%
Weight: 25 lbs. 8 oz. / 69%

The doctor asked me how he's doing with words - he'd like 5 words, but William has gone well beyond that number. Then if he's interested in using utensils - William LOVES using a fork. He even prefers an "adult" fork over his spork. He wants to use the fork even with food that can't be "forked" - like a graham cracker. He'll hold the graham cracker to the top of the fork and bring his hand, fork and cracker to his mouth just so it's as if the fork is in use ha!

A few picture updates:

Marked William's height in the pantry on Move In Day at our new house!

He loves flipping through books by myself

Car and Ball - life is complete

I'd say his eyes are bigger than his stomach, but he takes the pancake down

The doctor gave me some advice for bringing baby #2 home with William and it was basically how I thought all along: don't act any different than normal. He said if you make it seem unusual or act differently then he's going to feel different. The biggest issue he could see is that William is clearly a very active little boy and wants to be on the go, go, go (which William actually tells himself as he runs! "Go! Go! Go!"), so if we're nursing or doing anything that takes up my time with the baby that William may get bored/antsy. That is what I've been thinking about lately and trying to think up different activities for him to blow off his energy... open gym, the park across the street from us, school begins in two weeks (he will go once a week for 3 hours).

Another impressive part of William's wellness visit was his throw. William's doctor was very impressed with the precision of his throw over and over and over. The entire time we were with the doctor William picked up the two balls and would throw them back and forth with the doctor. His accuracy is actually pretty amazing.

Another awesome visit! We won't go back until William is 2 years old, but with little sis on the way and the frequent newborn visits William certainly won't see less of the office. Kind of nice - any small question we have about William will be easily answered on our visits with Grace. Two for one deal :)