18-Month Well Baby Visit Stats

Here's the official update from Noah's 18-month Well Baby visit to his pediatrician.

Temp: 98 degrees F
Height: 31 inches (12th percentile)
Weight: 22 lbs 12 oz (11th percentile)
Head Circumference: 18.74 inches (48th percentile)
Body Mass Index: 16.64

Noah received two vaccinations and was prescribed an antibiotic and ear drops for his ear infection.

The pediatrician said he's doing great and Noah was happy to hear that (besides flu vaccinations) he doesn't have to have any more vaccinations for quite a while now.

18-mo Well Baby update coming soon

Noah's 18-month appointment went well other than the fact that his pediatrician was running almost an hour late. It was a challenge to keep Noah happy, but we managed.

We found out that he's a normal toddler with normal strong-willed toddler attitude. He's still on the short light side of average, but he has grown and he's tracking just as he should be for weight gain.

Noah still has his ear infection so he was put on an oral antibiotic and a second week of ear drops. He also got permission to go camping but his physician advised us that we might want to find a way to corral him at night because he could find his way out of the tent. (I guess some toddlers have been known to work the zippers on the tent and escape. Since we're not interested in having a run-away baby we're considering a pack-and-play or some kind of play pen.

More details to come (hopefully this weekend).

18-Month Well Baby Check-up

Noah's 18-month appointment is tomorrow. I'll try not to wait too long to post an update. I'm giving all you friends and family out in BlogWorld permission to bug me if I'm too slow.

Camping?

We're thinking of taking Noah camping this summer. Eric and I really want/need a vacation (and not just a stay-cation), but we don't want to do anything too extravagant because we're still saving for our next house. So we've been kicking around going camping. What do you think? Are we insane to contemplate camping with a toddler? Would he, could he sleep in a sleeping bag? Would he scream all night long and wake all the neighboring campers? (The walls of a tent are not very thick.) Or would he do great?

I think we'll never know unless we try. But what do you think?

I'm looking forward to your comments!!!

Favorite 18-month-old Activities

Bubbles!!!
Dancing
Jumping (though not with two feet off the ground yet)
Climbing
Throwing a ball
Kicking a ball
Mowing the lawn
Feeding self with a fork and spoon
Grabbing Mom or Dad's cell phone and hiding in a corner to play with it
Watering Mommy's flowers with the watering can
Splashing in the bird bath
Picking Mommy's flowers when she's not looking
Riding in the Burley
Body slamming a pillow
Spending time with Grandma (both Grandmas)

I have 9 teeth and I know how to use them...

Noah got his first molar three weeks ago. About that time, he started biting and hitting when he's angry. We're working hard to teach him more appropriate behaviors, but we haven't been altogether successful yet. We're starting to worry that if we can't teach him appropriate methods of expressing his anger and frustration he may take it out on other kids in his class. Fortunately (or maybe it's unfortunately), we know he's not the only one in his class with biting issues. Last week, he came home with teeth marks on his index finger because he got into an altercation with another little guy when Noah stole his toy. Maybe Noah is perfecting his hitting and biting on us so that he has efficient methods of defending himself at daycare. Regardless, we would much prefer him to walk away and find another toy with which to play.

Noah is working on three more molars. Hopefully the inappropriate behaviors are not proportionate to the number of molars he has in his mouth. Time will tell...