William's 2 Year Wellness

William's 2 year wellness visit was on Monday after his birthday. We saw Dr. Middleton this time and had a great check-up. Here are the stats, which is my favorite part of the visit!

Weight: 30 lbs 8 oz - 79% percentile

Height: 36" (or 3' tall! funny to say) - 92% percentile

People ask all the time how old he is and when they hear his age are surprised because he's tall for being 2. He's the second youngest in his nursery school class and he's the tallest out of the group. Maybe he will be like Matt and grow completely by 8th grade! So in addition to growing, the doctor asked about a few other milestones...

Talking: we didn't need to touch on the subject too much because as soon as Dr. M walked in William informed him "Balloon sky! Up!" The question was going to be does he speak in two and sometimes three word sentences yet? Ha! Yes, the balloons went up into the sky on his birthday and the memory is seared in William's memory :)

Teeth: Time to see the dentist before he turns 3! I think I will likely wait until he's much closer to 3 though. Dr. M asked if he brushes each night and I told him yes, we do and if we were to ever forget William would certainly remind us! William loves to brush his teeth - mostly because the toothpaste tastes fruity :) He holds the brush to his teeth and sucks the toothpaste off and says "Mmmm!" Then he actually gives a few good brushes! Sometimes he demands to brush his teeth before nap time too.

Safety: this is the time when certain accidents just can't happen. Dr. M remembered when we called him on Christmas Eve because William pulled up on a chair that fell backwards on top of his face. We got worried because he got a nose bleed an hour later and of course, I freaked out thinking he was bleeding internally or had a concussion (he was perfectly fine. The nose bleed was because the chair hit his nose and it stopped two minutes later). So Dr. M said those type of accidents are likely going to happen now and then and we do the best we can to avoid them, but BIG accidents like fire/hot objects, medicine cabinet, cleaning supplies, etc., can NEVER happen - clearly. William is at age when everything is a new discovery and he's able to get into anything he puts his mind to, so we need to be ultra careful. William is very attached to whoever he's with and very, very rarely will wander off, so we are lucky that we don't have to worry too much, but Miss Grace is growing quickly and we really need to better baby proof the new house. A funny story (but potentially could be hazardous) was our neighbor who is 6 months older than William just recently left his bedroom upstairs, climbed down the stairs of his house, out the back door, through the gate, crossed the street and ended up at the playground to play -- without his mom knowing! He has two older brothers and I'm sure he's learned the art of escape quickly, but I was amazed! I really don't see William being capable or even wanting to do that right now, but we shall see 6 months from now! Till then, eagle eyes on the little man!

One shot and we were on our way home. William knew what the shot was as it was coming, so the gift of a sticker is now a bargaining tool. I remember those days myself - vividly! A sticker helped out tremendously.

No wellness visits until he's 3, since it's now a yearly process...  big boy growing up fast... But we do hope we don't see the doctor any sooner!

Till next year!