Bug's 18 month stats!

On Thursday February 3, Buggy went for her 18 month check up. We got hit with an ice storm so her appointment on Feb 1 was cancelled. I was not happy about it because Bug had been sick with a cold for a week at this point. Thick, nasty, green snot that benedryl was not drying up at all. I had to go get a NoseFrida from Whole Foods so I could literally suck the snot out because the bulb aspirator wasn't cutting. She was so miserable.

Fast forward to Monday January 31. She wakes up with a hoarse voice and a terrible cough. I wanted to take her to the doctor that day but since she had her 18 month check up the next day we toughed it out. Wake up Tuesday morning to a call from the peds office calling to reschedule because they are closing for the day because of the ice storm that had started. We rescheduled for Thursday morning. We survived Tuesday but Wednesday was awful. I just knew she had an ear infection (her first one!) and she was just miserable. Her peds office was closed again on Wednesday so I called Urgent Care and they were closed too. My poor baby had to wait yet another day to see the doctor. Wednesday night Bug was up all night. She couldn't lay down to sleep. She didn't even want to take a bath! That's when you know she is really not feeling well.

We finally got in to see Dr. Freeman and Raegan SCREAMED the entire time. This was not my child! She never cries or acts like this. Yes, she is shy but she does not have stranger anxiety like this. Which the doctor said was normal for her to be acting like that at 18 months. No, not my child. She wouldn't lay down to get weighed or measured. It took 3 of us to hold her down. Her ears hurt so bad that it was killing her to lay down. The doctor tried looking in her ears but Raegan was screaming and flailing and she couldn't get a good look. Dr. Freeman thinks she *might* of had a slight ear infection but thinks it was more of a teething issue than ear issue. I disagree. But she went ahead and prescribed her amoxicillian just in case there was a slight ear infection in her right ear.

Within 48-72 hours she was almost 100% better. I for sure think she had her first ear infection. Not bad for being 18 months! Gotta give props to breastfeeding for 15 months for that one! Woo!

So now for the stats:

07/30/09- birth- 6lbs 13oz - 20 1/2"

08/01/09- 2 days- 6 lbs 11oz

08/06/09- 1 week- 7lbs 6oz

08/12/09- 2 weeks- 8lbs 4oz- 20 1/2"

09/01/09- 1 month- 10lbs 5oz- 22 1/4"

09/30/09- 2 months- 12lbs 6oz- 23 1/2"

12/01/09- 4 months- 14lbs 13oz- 25 1/4"

02/01/10- 6 months- 17 lbs 1oz- 26 3/4"

05/03/10- 9 months- 18lbs 8oz- 29"

08/03/10- 12 months- 21 lbs 1oz- 31"

11/01/10- 15 months- 22lbs- 32 1/4"

02/03/11- 18 months- 23lbs 10oz- 32 1/2"

Even though her growth has seriously slowed down (finally!) She is still in the 97th percentile for height! She obviously gets that from her daddy! And she is in the 20th percentile for weight. Long and lean! Lucky girl! She has always had a tiny little head in the 25th percentile!

Looking back at that it is crazy how fast they grow. Growing almost 2 inches in 2 months! Wow! And my breastmilk must have been whole milk bc she only lost 2oz in the hospital and was up almost half a pound by one week which is very rare in breastfeeding.

The only good thing about her growth slowing down is now she can wear clothes for longer than 2 or 3 months! Woohoo!