WOW!

It has been another busy weekend in the Badham family. Anna had her 18 month checkup on Friday. She weighs 22.25lbs and has gained 3lbs in the last 3 months! She is hanging steady at the 75th %ile for her height and her head circumference finally made it on the growth charts at the 10th %ile!!! Woo Hoo! I guess this is what you would call "catching up" although most kids her age would have trouble keeping up with her. Anna continually teaches us new things and while at the pediatrician we saw a new side of her. Dr. S. examined Anna (ears, nose, etc.) and Anna was SCREAMING. Then she needed to look at Anna's feet and Anna was KICKING Dr. S. We expressed our concerns about the walking/falling issue and Dr. S. wanted to see Anna walk. When we put Anna down on the floor she was in full MELTDOWN - screaming, yelling, sobbing, completely inconsolable. I finally got Anna to walk. Dr. S assured us that she doesn't think the walking on toes is a problem, just inexperience. Anna did tip and had to hold herself up on the wall, but again Dr. S. didn't think it was a problem. She did give us a referral to an orthopedic doctor. But as with most things, we noticed a huge improvement this weekend. She was "running" up and down the sidewalk without falling on Sunday.

Evan also gave us a surprise this weekend. He has TWO TEETH coming in. We can see the little white nubs and I can feel the points when I run my finger on his gums. In retrospect, he has been drooly (not more so than usual....), fussy (a little more than usual), and chewing on his fingers (that's pretty new). He was not nursing well on Saturday and Sunday and was waking a lot during the night to eat. But other than that, there were no dramatic signs of teething (compared to Anna's screaming and crying for hours during the night). More surprising is that the teeth are not the front teeth. They are on the sides on the bottom, like fangs. When you look at his upper gums they are swollen where the "fangs" would develop. He is going to look like a vampire. An adorable vampire.

School starts for John tomorrow. Thankfully I have another day to work in my room. My students start on Wednesday. It is a painfully busy week for us with evening commitments every evening until Friday. Calgon, take me away.