Gibson's 18 Month Stats

Gibs had his 18 month appointment and all went well. Well, the worst part was that while waiting in the room for the doctor to come in he kept itching at his dry skin and pulling the back of his diaper down so much so that his scratches were bleeding by the time the doctor came in:(. But the doctor told us what to do so hopefully that goes away soon. Otherwise his ezcema seemed to be gone, but then just recently has started itching in places again.

The doctor said he's doing fine with his talking. He said they only expect a minimum of 4-10 words at 18 month and Gibs says a lot more than that. I had thought he was really behind b/c I thought he should be putting words together since Gavin went to speech therapy at this age for not putting words together, but apparently not. The doctor said he's doing well with his fine motor skills since some boys tend to be a bit slower with fine motor skills and he's doing just fine with everything else too. I was surprised how well he did with his exam. He didn't mind the measuring or checking him out or anything (which is pretty good for a kid that doesn't like to sit still). He did cry right after his shot, but then calmed right down after it (he just needed one).

Head: ?? -- 50th %

Height: 33" -- 50-75th %

Weight: 25 lbs 11 oz -- just under 50th %

A pound and a half and he'd weigh the same as his big sis:). We're so blessed to have two healthy kiddos and pray this next little one is just as healthy!!

Before his appointment, Layla had her first Vacation Bible School experience. I was wondering how it would go since she's shy with that kind of stuff. Yesterday we told her she had to go up front for the children's message in church, but as soon as they told the kids to come up and we told her to go up she was yelling that she didn't want to go up there and then started crying. Next time we'll need to prep her ahead of time better. It wasn't worth causing a scene yesterday so we didn't make her go. Although then they handed out suckers up front so she did feel bad that she missed out. But they also put sand/stones in the kids' shoes (as part of the lesson) and she later said she didn't want to go up next time because she didn't want stones in her shoes. Anyway, VBS went well. After I got her signed in they said she could just go play with the other kids, but everyone one else was busy playing kick ball or on the swing set and she didn't know anyone so I stayed until it was time for all the kids to head inside for it to start. Then thankfully when they all headed inside, one of the leaders noticed she looked a little confused as to what was going on, so they held her hand while walking inside. I didn't think I'd ever be the type to have a hard time dropping my kids off places, but I seriously might cry the first day I drop her off at school (she's not going this year--the next). :) So anyway, while Layla goes to VBS this week, Gibs and I need to find things to do on that side of town each day. Today we didn't have that much time since it started late with registration and such and then I had to pick her up just a little early to make it on time for Gibs' appointment, so we grabbed a few things we needed from Family Fare and then we were both hungry so we went to McDonald's for a late breakfast/snack:). Tomorrow I think we'll go clean the toys in the nursery at our church (since I'm on the nursery committee). I'm not used to spending time with just Gibs (except that he often does wake up about an hour earlier than her). Normally if I drop one of the kids off, it's him and I run errands or go to appointments with Layla. It's nice to get one on one time with my little buddy too:). Oh, and when I picked Layla up from VBS she said she had fun and talked about the songs they sang (she loves singing), the feathers they played with, pandas, and the chocolate cookie she got for a snack:). I asked if they had a Bible story and she said they did but all she could remember was that it was about God:).

Thankfully we didn't have to wait in the room at the doctor's office for as long as we did for Layla's 3 year (which he wasn't along for), but it's really a bummer they don't have toys in the rooms. It's probably for germs since the waiting area seperates sick kids from the healthy ones, but pretty sure my kids touched everything else in the room anyway, so they'd still get germs. Don't get me wrong, I really like our ped's office, I just need to learn to take more toys along for them. They love the toys in the waiting area, but we were harldy there.