This week we had L's two year appointment, and it went quite well. She is still our tall and lean girl-weighing in at 28 lbs and towering at 36 inches (90 %). To give some perspective for anyone not buying toddler clothes the clothing size 18-24 months is for 27-30 lbs, 2T is 30-33 lbs, and 3T is 33-36 lbs-so weight wise L should wear 18-24 m. However for height 3T starts at 36 inches-thank goodness for adjustable waist! L still has little 6.5 sized feet, and a giant 4T/5T hat wearing head (head circumference was in the 92%).
Our appointment was with our new doctor, Dr. S, who previously worked with L's old doctor. Dr.S was just as wonderful as our old. I only wish we were going to see her as frequently to build the same close bond. (You have a lot of well baby check ups the first two years, but only one a year after that).
Dr. S spent a good amount of time getting to know L and interacting with her. L had her charm factor turned up to the highest level (L felt instantly comfortable) and even greeted Dr. S by name. Dr. S mentioned a few times that we had a smarty on our hands, and then surprised us by concluding that in many ways L is more developmentally like a four year old than a two year old! I really wasn't expecting that!
Here are a few of the things that Dr. S was impressed with:
* L's ability to understand people's connections with each other. e.g. Who is Oma? Daddy's Mommy!; Who lives with baby Eva? Amanda, Kevin and dog Lando!; Who is Alli married to? Ryan!; Who is Derek's daddy? Mike!; etc.
*L's ability to mentally map directions-e.g. telling me which streets to turn on to get to her friend's house.
* Her letter recognition-being able to point and name letters correctly.
*Telling us the correct number of items grouped together (only if the number is under four). One of the first things she told Dr.S was that there were two little chairs in the room. Dr. S sort stopped, looked at L, smiled and said "Why, yes there are."
* Attempting to color in the lines.
* Being able to arrange objects to look like what I have arranged (see crafting pictures).
* Ability to catch a ball.
*Dr. S watched L pretend play with her baby, asked some questions and said she had advanced pretend play. I have no idea what was advanced so no examples on this one.
* Trying to control her emotions. Sometimes when a tantrum begins. E.g. L sits down, tantrum starts, I say I would like her to act nice, she stands up, takes a couple deep breaths to control the sobbing, then says sorry, and we move on.
L is a joy of a child, and we are probably the overly sickening parents who are utterly in love with her. We both can't believe how much happiness, love and joy one little person can bring. We are proud that developmentally she is doing well, but the things we love about her are more things of her heart.
* We love how gentle she is with animals and babies.
* We love how affectionate she is. Her cuddles, hugs and kisses are constant and never stop melting our hearts.
* We love how much she loves playing with her friends, and how important sharing and taking turns is to her.
* We love watching her dance, and how music has to be on all the time so L can do her crazy dancing.
* We love her desire to help us with everything we do, even though it often means it takes so much longer to get things done.
* We love what a girl she is. That what shoes, clothes, tutus, and jewelry she wears is very important to her. That she can't leave the house without her purse, and that her purse must have her cell phone, her sunglasses, and two extra bracelets.
We just adore and love this kid!
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