Parker went in for his 18 month check-up today! I thought he was due for shots today, (turns out he was actually due for one that he was supposed to get at 15 months but there was a shortage of the vaccine 3 months ago so our former pediatrician's office couldn't give it to him). Anyway, apparently at our new pediatrician's office, if you are uninsured (we're still waiting for all of our new Missouri insurance stuff to get processed...uggghh!), they don't do the shots in the office because it would cost over $200 to do them versus 20 some dollars at the Health Department so they have their unisured patients go there instead. So it was kind of a good news/bad news type of thing. I was glad that he didn't end up having to get a shot this morning, but I'm really hoping our Missouri insurance stuff gets processed soon so we don't have to have them done at the Health Department. No offense to them, just in my experience, the health department doesn't seem to do as well with things like shots. My arm is ALWAYS sore, bruised and the people that work there usually act like they'd rather be ANYWHERE than at work! (I mean seriously, couldn't they at least pretend they don't HATE their job? People have to pretend all the time that they don't like their job) Not an environment I want to take my son to have shots! Like I said, no offense to anyone who routinely uses their services, I'm sure they're not all like that and I'm sure plenty of people have had similar experiences at places other than the health department that I have had AT the health department as well as being completely satisfied with the health departments work! The fact of the matter is just that we naturally make our decisions at least in part based on our experiences and mine with the health department have been less than satisfactory. WOW...I sure do DIGRESS don't I??!!
Anyway, on to the good and hopefully non-boring stuff...that is if anyone (and by anyone I mean the 2 people who read this) is still reading! ;)
Here are Park's 18 Month Stats:
Head Circumference: 18 3/4 in. (50th percentile)
Height: 31 3/4 in. (50th percentile)
Weight: 21 lbs. 8 oz. (5th percentile)
To compare these stats with his 15 month stats you can go here. Parker is clearly still a skinny little guy but we're just fine with that! :) The pediatrician did ask about some history of his weight etc. since both his height and head circumference are average and it's only his weight that is really low percentage wise. When we told him that ever since 9 months, the largest he has been percentage wise is 10% and that when he was sick around his first birthday and was only in the 1% he said it sounded like we just had a little guy and that he seemed to be developing "perfectly". :) Hopefully we won't have to go back to the pediatrician again until his 2 year check-up! I still can't believe that in just 6 months my "baby" will be turning 2 (*sigh)!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Colors!
As the days have gone on, Parker has done a really good job of learning his colors! The colors he can say and correctly identify are: purple, yellow, blue, green, red, and orange!
He can also correctly identify black, although I don't think I've heard him say it yet. I can't believe how quickly he picked up on it with just a LITTLE bit of practice! I guess it's time to move on to more complex things...it's not going to take him long before he'll be smarter than I am and then we're REALLY in trouble! ;)
He can also correctly identify black, although I don't think I've heard him say it yet. I can't believe how quickly he picked up on it with just a LITTLE bit of practice! I guess it's time to move on to more complex things...it's not going to take him long before he'll be smarter than I am and then we're REALLY in trouble! ;)
Sunday, August 23, 2009
"geen" and 2 word phrases
I started writing this post SEVERAL days ago and I keep getting side tracked so I've decided I MUST finish it this evening or I might not ever get around to it!
Well Parker has added another color that we're sure he knows... "geen" (green)! We actually think he knows more than just the yellow, purple and green because often times when we ask him to point to say the orange ball he correctly identifies it numerous times so I think if we were more conisistent about asking, we'd find that he knows a lot of the basic colors! This morning I was getting Parker ready to go to the library and I held up 2 different jackets (one green and one blue) for him to choose from and asked which one he wanted to wear. Without missing a beat, he pointed to green jacket and said what sounded like green. I always keep these things in the back my mind in case it is just a fluke or I'm hearing things because I want to hear them, lol! :) I briefly told James later that morning that I thought Parker had said green and that was about it. Then when we were at the library, Parker was sitting at one of the activity tables they have for kids and was doing a puzzle when he pointed to the green chair at the table next to him and very clearly said "geen". He has pointed at green things and said geen several times since then too! :)
On an entirely different note, Parker has started stringing 2 words together to make 2 word phrases! The ones I've heard him do so far are, "yes please", "yellow car" and "out car" (his way of telling me he is ready to get out of the car). "Yes please" is kind of a breakthrough because Parker used to say "yeah" and even "yes" occasionally when he was younger and somewhere along the line, his "yeahs and yeses" have turned into "huh and uh-huh". It sounds ADORABLE when he says his sweet little "uh-huhs" although not exactly polite. For this reason we have really been trying to stress lately that when we ask him if he wants something and he would like it, he should say, "yes please". We asked him a couple of days ago whether he wanted more vegetables and he at first said his usual "huh!" (yes) but then when we said "Parker, if we want more of something we say "yes please"...can you say yes please?" (which by the way is that same way we have asked him to say it all along!) it was like a light bulb went on in his head and he all of a sudden started saying "yes please" over and over again. Funny thing is, he hasn't done it since. Such a silly kid! Either way I'm really proud of him for figuring out how to string 2 words together to make phrases! Such a big boy thing to do! He'll really be talking up a storm before we know it!
Well Parker has added another color that we're sure he knows... "geen" (green)! We actually think he knows more than just the yellow, purple and green because often times when we ask him to point to say the orange ball he correctly identifies it numerous times so I think if we were more conisistent about asking, we'd find that he knows a lot of the basic colors! This morning I was getting Parker ready to go to the library and I held up 2 different jackets (one green and one blue) for him to choose from and asked which one he wanted to wear. Without missing a beat, he pointed to green jacket and said what sounded like green. I always keep these things in the back my mind in case it is just a fluke or I'm hearing things because I want to hear them, lol! :) I briefly told James later that morning that I thought Parker had said green and that was about it. Then when we were at the library, Parker was sitting at one of the activity tables they have for kids and was doing a puzzle when he pointed to the green chair at the table next to him and very clearly said "geen". He has pointed at green things and said geen several times since then too! :)
On an entirely different note, Parker has started stringing 2 words together to make 2 word phrases! The ones I've heard him do so far are, "yes please", "yellow car" and "out car" (his way of telling me he is ready to get out of the car). "Yes please" is kind of a breakthrough because Parker used to say "yeah" and even "yes" occasionally when he was younger and somewhere along the line, his "yeahs and yeses" have turned into "huh and uh-huh". It sounds ADORABLE when he says his sweet little "uh-huhs" although not exactly polite. For this reason we have really been trying to stress lately that when we ask him if he wants something and he would like it, he should say, "yes please". We asked him a couple of days ago whether he wanted more vegetables and he at first said his usual "huh!" (yes) but then when we said "Parker, if we want more of something we say "yes please"...can you say yes please?" (which by the way is that same way we have asked him to say it all along!) it was like a light bulb went on in his head and he all of a sudden started saying "yes please" over and over again. Funny thing is, he hasn't done it since. Such a silly kid! Either way I'm really proud of him for figuring out how to string 2 words together to make phrases! Such a big boy thing to do! He'll really be talking up a storm before we know it!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Triangle!!
Shapes are not something I have tried to get Parker to learn because I figured he was just too young to try to learn concepts like that. I do sometimes label the shapes of things in books or of things he's playing with, etc. but beyond that, I don't stress the shape thing. Well today out of the blue, Parker walked over to me with a toy triangle that goes in one of his shape sorters and started saying "gee-a-gal" (i.e. triangle) over and over again. I looked down and noticed the triangle in his hand and said "triangle? Are you saying triangle?" to which he said, "uh huh" (Parker's version of yes). Later this morning he found a different triangle for a different shape sorter toy and brought it over to James and said "gee-a-gal" over and over again to him. Triangle seems like an odd shape to learn before say circle or square but whatever! Such a silly boy I have! :)
Thursday, August 13, 2009
July Parker Videos
All of the following videos are from our family Branson vacation...
7/6/09 Squeaker Shoes
This is just a video of Parker walking around in a pair of his squeaker shoes in our lodge room in Branson when we were on vacation. He just walked back and forth over and over again so he could hear them squeak.
This is just a video of Parker walking around in a pair of his squeaker shoes in our lodge room in Branson when we were on vacation. He just walked back and forth over and over again so he could hear them squeak.
7/6/09 Pool Time in Branson
This was at one of the pools at Big Cedar (where we stayed when we were in Branson on vacation). This day at the pool Parker particularly enjoyed playing with the water jets. :)
This was at one of the pools at Big Cedar (where we stayed when we were in Branson on vacation). This day at the pool Parker particularly enjoyed playing with the water jets. :)
7/10/09 Parker Feeding Fish at Big Cedar
Parker loved feeding the fish at the fish pond at Big Cedar when we stayed there on our vacation in Branson.
Parker loved feeding the fish at the fish pond at Big Cedar when we stayed there on our vacation in Branson.
7/10/09 Shredding/Eating Kleenix
We were in the car on the way home from our Branson vacation when Parker asked if he could have a Kleenix. I figured he would shred it and make a huge mess but he was getting restless and I was desperate! At least it made him happy. ;)
We were in the car on the way home from our Branson vacation when Parker asked if he could have a Kleenix. I figured he would shred it and make a huge mess but he was getting restless and I was desperate! At least it made him happy. ;)
Remainder of June Parker videos
6/17/09 Parker Eating Snack
Just a video of Parker having some crackers for snack. In this video he signs help after he first tries to get the bib off of the side of the highchair, says: puff, bib, and on and undoes his bib on his own and tries to put it on. He's getting to be such a big boy and this was back in June!
Just a video of Parker having some crackers for snack. In this video he signs help after he first tries to get the bib off of the side of the highchair, says: puff, bib, and on and undoes his bib on his own and tries to put it on. He's getting to be such a big boy and this was back in June!
In the next video, Parker correctly identifies the color purple! This was back in June but I thought maybe it was just a fluke but then today he correctly identified purple on more than one occasion so I'm pretty sure he knows it as well as yellow! :)
6/19/09 Father's Day Painting
After Parker finished finger painting a box for James to keep at his office (for Father's Day), he decided he wanted to paint his body. He says: body and purple in this video! He even correctly identifies purple! :) He's such a smart, sweet boy!
After Parker finished finger painting a box for James to keep at his office (for Father's Day), he decided he wanted to paint his body. He says: body and purple in this video! He even correctly identifies purple! :) He's such a smart, sweet boy!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
"lella"
Parker officially definitely knows the color yellow, (or "lella" as he says it)! A long time ago I wrote a post where he correctly identified blue and red, but that only lasted for like a week or something and then he couldn't identify them anymore...strange because EVERY time we asked him for that week, he correctly identified them. I guess that was all just a coincidence!
Lately we have been mentioning the color of things more frequently as Parker plays to help him pick up on it. About a week ago, if you asked him what color something was, he would instantly say "boo" (that's blue to those of you who aren't parents yet). Well earlier this week James pointed to a picture of a yellow car in a book and asked Parker was color it was and at first Parker said his usual "boo" but then right after saying that, he said "lella"! This happened a couple of other times this week when we would ask him the color of something yellow! Then this morning I was putting some different colored balls onto his ball pop table and when I pulled out the yellow one, he pointed right to it and he said "lella" once again! :) I'm so proud of my smart little man!! The funny thing is that now when you ask him what color something is he either says it's "boo" or "lella" or he'll say "boo, lella". Oh well, at least he knows one color...I'd say that's pretty good for a 17 month old! :)
Lately we have been mentioning the color of things more frequently as Parker plays to help him pick up on it. About a week ago, if you asked him what color something was, he would instantly say "boo" (that's blue to those of you who aren't parents yet). Well earlier this week James pointed to a picture of a yellow car in a book and asked Parker was color it was and at first Parker said his usual "boo" but then right after saying that, he said "lella"! This happened a couple of other times this week when we would ask him the color of something yellow! Then this morning I was putting some different colored balls onto his ball pop table and when I pulled out the yellow one, he pointed right to it and he said "lella" once again! :) I'm so proud of my smart little man!! The funny thing is that now when you ask him what color something is he either says it's "boo" or "lella" or he'll say "boo, lella". Oh well, at least he knows one color...I'd say that's pretty good for a 17 month old! :)
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