Happy 15 Months Joe!!

This past week we had Joe's 15 month doctor's appointment.

Height - 32 in. (80th Percentile)

Weight - 21 lbs. 7.5 oz. (31st Percentile)

Head Circumference - 18.75 cm. (73rd Percentile) 

80th percentile in height??  Am I reading that correctly?  The nurse asked the same thing
because she came in a second time to measure him just to make sure it was correct.
He must have had a major growth spurt because he jumped from the 35th percentile at

9 months, to the 46th at 12 months and now the 80th at 15 months!  Looks like he is

 following in his brother's footsteps in the long and lean category.
  

He must have a super fast metabolism, because this kid is such a great eater.  He eats

just as much if not more than Owen.  He will try most things we put in front of him.  He isn't

a huge fan of fruit and vegetables yet, but we've found a few he will eat pretty consistently.

The one thing he will not touch is milk.  My pediatrician mentioned that sometimes babies

who are exclusively breastfed don't always love milk right away, and he seems to be falling

into that category.  He takes one look at the cup, realizes what it is and turns his nose up.

We've found a way to sneak some in though by making smoothies every morning.  

That's the breakfast of choice in the Kalita household these days...

apple banana smoothies and either pancakes or waffles.  

Favorite Foods - Eggs, string cheese, pancakes, waffles, goldfish, smiley face french fries,

mac n cheese, cheese tortellini, hot dogs, chicken nuggets

Joe's height isn't the only place where he's growing by leaps and bounds.  He is doing so

well with walking and talking these days.  He'll try to repeat most things you ask him to.  He

doesn't finish the word, but he gets the sound of the first syllable which is a great start.  It's 

hard to even list his words because he tries to repeat so much, but here are a few:

Words - Mama, Dada, Joe Joe, Chee (Cheers), Ba (Ball), Bye bye, Nigh Nigh (Night Night)

Favorite Actions - Blows kisses, Clinks glasses for cheers

And speaking of following in his brother's footsteps, he's taken straight from walking to

speed walking in a pretty short amount of time.  There is one thing for certain, the Kalita

boys don't like to move anywhere slowly.  Even with his new found speed, Joe is very

steady on his feet though.  He handles himself really well and it has been fun.  He and

Owen have already started playing chase through the house.  Owen gets a kick

out of it and is starting to see Joe as a legitimate playmate these days.  

Joe's favorite playmate however is his momma.  He's in a bit of an attachment phase right

now.  Most times if I leave the room and he sees me, he starts to get upset.  Part of it

depends on the mood he's in, but more times than not he wants to know where I'm at.  It's

cute to see how much love he has, and I'm really trying to embrace it knowing that I won't 

always get these sweet baby cuddles.  But there are times when his need to be with me

makes it difficult to do simple things like make dinner, take Owen to the potty, etc.  It isn't

all the time.  There are plenty of times when he is perfectly fine playing on his own.

One thing is for sure though, this boy loves his momma.  And his momma loves him.

Let's just chalk it up to his love for his momma that has him up at 4:45AM in the

morning.  He can hardly wait to get started with his day.  We had a steady run of super early
wake up times (between 4:45 and 5:15AM), but (knock on wood) we seem to be getting into
a good pattern of waking up at 6:00 AM.  Someone should let this little guy know that if he loves his momma so much, he should let her sleep in every once in awhile.  :)

 

Maybe it was the mega growth spurt that kept waking him up.  Think of all the new things he
has to check out with his eye level being a whole 2 inches taller!  I'm looking forward to exploring all of the fun new things with you Joe.  Happy 15 months buddy!!