Jude's pediatrician called this evening, and said Jude's x-rays looked fine.

Mat and I took Jude to his 15 month wellness check up today. He gained and grew, but he went down in percentages for both weight and height. That's normal for his age. He has a good metabolism and he is always active, so he burns off a lot of calories.

He weighs 21 lbs 9 oz and is 31.24 inches tall. This puts him around the 10th percentile for weight and the 50th percentile for height. Interestingly enough, he went up a little in his weight to height ratio. He's around the 12th percentile for weight to height ratio. All in all, he's still a long and lean kid.

Jude's meeting all his milestones on time. When Dr. Robinson was examining Jude he heard a little clicking noise in his hip joint. Not every time, and he couldn't feel the click, but we could all hear it. It's probably just a loose ligament, but to be on the safe side we got Jude x-rays. We have a follow up appointment next month about it. If it's something serious then we'll hear about it immediately.

Dr. Robinson also encouraged us to take Jude to the dentist. During open enrollment last year I called his office and asked when they recommended dentist visits and the nurse said 3 years old, so we didn't put Jude on our dental plan. It's not a huge deal. The dentist I want to take Jude to isn't on our plan anyway, and I can't imagine a check up for a toddler with 5 teeth is going to cost all that much. One of the reasons Dr. Robinson mentioned the dentist is that the little piece of tissue that connects to the upper lip and gum connects kind of low in Jude's mouth and could cause a gap between his two front teeth. When I take him to his check up I'll be getting more information on that. Dr. Robinson said if it needs to be fixed they can do that, and it sounded like it wasn't that big of deal to fix.

Jude's 15 months old today.
Here are a couple pics from the library garden today.

 

 

Stats to come Thursday.

Jude's Second Easter

 

 

 

Not so sure about his new sandals

Action shots from the day

Trying to master the spoon.

I'm sorry I haven't posted anything in almost two months. Here are some pics from this morning.

Jude's drinking out of straw cups pretty well, though he still takes an afternoon bottle.

He loves stacking blocks. I helped build some of this for the picture. I think he's only managed to go three blocks high by himself so far.

We see this face a LOT. It comes with an irritating whine. I should post a zoomed up shot though, because you can see one of his top two teeth starting to come down.

Cake shots from today:

1 year stats!

Weight: 20.5 lbs, which puts him in the 14th percentile. This is a slight drop in percentile, but not concerning. It's normal for babies to plateau or gain slowly at this age, as they become more reliant on solid foods and more active through crawling and walking.

Height: 30.5 inches, which puts him in the 67th percentile for height. This is a huge leap in height. We officially have a tall kid. Jude certainly felt like he had grown a lot to me, and this confirms it. I no longer have a petite baby, but a long and lean toddler.

Jude is doing everything he should be doing. He took his first steps last week in Ohio, and Mat and I have noticed him trying to stand and walk independently at home. He is a bit of a rusher though. Instead of getting his balance and then walking, he wants to leap out of your arms and run. If you try to have him stand first, he flops down on his knees and crawls.

He loves all his new Christmas and birthday toys and books. Developmentally he was ready for some more mature toys, and the new variety in books has been a hit. We gave him a school bus that he can put mega bloks in, and he was very frustrated with it at first. He would hit the top of the bus and then fuss. Well, all of his other vehicles had a button on top that you pressed and they would light up and move. This is an old school bus, you have to move it yourself. He loves things with flaps and anything you can close and open. Some of his new books have flaps, his ball pit has a door and his Little People barn has lots of little flaps and doors - he has a ball opening and closing everything.

Jude is doing great with solid foods. He is eating more of what Mat and I eat, and less special meals or baby food. He seems to enjoy a large variety of foods. Avocado and eggs are the only thing he consistently dislikes and refuses to eat. I've tried scrambled eggs, cheese omelets, boiled eggs, he will have none of it. Oddly enough, he likes egg substitute. I don't think that has much nutritional value for him though.

Jude is still on the shy and sensitive side, but he is becoming more social. I think storytime at the library each week helps a lot! He use to not leave my side and would cry if it was too loud. Now he crawls up to the other children, plays with the toys (albeit near me) and though right next to, he will venture under the parachute during parachute time.

All in all, he's a healthy kid.:)

Snow! I thought, he being the sensitive kid he is, might cry once I put him down, but he had a good time.

It was a tasty Meyers' Christmas!

Aunt Erin's gifts were so much fun!

Jude met Santa at the library.

St. Nicholas came!

He brought Jude something.

An ornament! It says: Jude's 1st Christmas