His 2 year check up went well. He had another surprise ear infection, which is crazy! He never ever acted like something was wrong, and if we hadn't gone to the doctor, we never would have known. He weighed 34lbs 14oz, and was 34in long. The first time she measured him, we got him at 36.5in, which was a gain of a whole 5 INCHES from 18month! However, when she re-measured, he was at 34in, which is a still a gain of 2.5in! His weight was also up about 2lbs. No shots, although he did have to get the lead test done again. He cried, and then promptly forgot it happened. :)
On the 20th of February, he had to get stitches. We cannot figure out what he cut his little finger on, but it was pretty bad. He ended up with five stitches, but was actually very brave. Joelle, not quite so much lol. He screamed a lot when the lidocaine shot went in, which was horrible to watch! This huge needle in his little finger. :( We had to keep a bandaid on it the whole time, because everytime he saw the stitches he would scream, even though they didn't hurt as long as the bandaid was on. He got his stitches out on the 27th, which he was very brave about too. It looked DISGUSTING after the stitches came out, but the doctor said it had healed nicely. It looks much better now, though, and he is doing better about not having a bandaid on it anymore.
His birthday party went really well! He enjoyed opening his presents, and went to town on the wrapping paper. :) He got a lot of great presents, and we are very grateful for all the family that came and helped us celebrate. We have pictures that we will post below as well. On his actual birthday we took him to McDonalds, and he LOVED the play area. It was his first time in one.
His speech therapy is progressing WONDERFULLY! He is imitating so many new words and actions, and he isn't getting as frustrated as much since he is learning to communicate a little bit better. Still doesn't say more than one word at a time, but he is becoming very talkative with those one words. We loved to hear him say OH NO and to chirp like a birdie. How he makes a noise that high, we have no
idea! :) He is really into throwing tantrums now though, lol.
We are working with him on time out, and he seems to be getting the concept that mommy and daddy are not putting up with his screaming at the top of his lungs, and he doesn't get what he wants when he screams. Thankfully, we don't have any biting yet, but we do occasionally have hitting. It's mostly just knocking toys away, and screaming.
Our favorite words that he says are MAMA and DADDY. We LOVED that he is calling us by our names now, and not just grunting to get our attention. He calls for us when he needs something, or when he just wants us to pay attention to him. He also excitedly calls our name(s) when he hasn't seen us for a while, like after nursery.
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