Today we took Madeline for her 18-month check-in with the pediatrician. She weighed in at 24 pounds, 11 ounces, and is 32.25 inches tall. She's grown about a half-inch since her last check-in, which was three months ago. She did not want to get weighed today, so the measurement above includes her squirminess and the bunny she was clutching.
The doctor was again impressed with her language skills - babies this age commonly have mastered about 10 words. That seems almost comical for us to imagine since Madeline has a repertoire of 100 words or more. These are words that she uses without prompting and in the proper context. The doctor said that this is obviously a strength of hers and that she's on a 3-year-old level with her language/vocabulary.
The video here shows Madeline practicing some of those words with Grandma last week. The last segment is one of my favorites, so I decided to include it even though she walked off camera. She walked over to me, said "hi," gave me a kiss and said "love you." What more could a dad want?
3 comments:
How different our society would become if every child today were raised with the same love, encouragement, and resources with which Madeline is surrounded.
She will make a wonderful impact in this world!
Granddaddy
awesome!
Thats just too flippin cute (btw this is Ryan) just checking the blog to see what you have done with it recently as My fellow Shogun Eric and I have started an interdepartmental blog for the purpose of keeping up with one another while working on the first issue of this new comic book.
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