Monday, November 6, 2017

Andrew's 15-Month Check-Up

Before I return to the birthday boy, I want to report on Andy's 15-month check-up, which he had (a couple of weeks late) today. Andy is, as we suspected, healthy. He weighed 26 lb 1 oz (11.8 kg) and measured 2' 9.5" or 33.5" (85.1 cm). That puts him in the 90s for weight percentile and in the 99th percentile for height. He continues his trend of being very tall and solid. Looking back at Matt's stats at this point (keeping in mind that Matt went in right at his 15th month), Andy has half a pound and a full inch on Matt. So they're still similar. And this suggests Andy will probably start slowing down over the next year or so, too. Both of them did a lot of growing right out of the gate!

The doctor and I discussed Andy's love of active movement, not because of any concern, but because it's such a major part of who he is and what he does. It turns out he particularly enjoys proprioceptive, or body awareness-based, movement, which explains why he loves running, climbing, bouncing, etc., and it also explains why he likes to push things like the wagon outside or laundry hampers full of books or his brother on a kitchen chair around the kitchen. We're just going to have to work harder to wear him out! Perhaps he'll be the athlete of the family. (This weekend he was throwing around a long, thin balloon almost like a javelin - maybe taking after me...) In any case, Andy is definitely developing into his own person, distinct from his brother.