pediatric update

jack is the picture of health and good development, according to his doctor!

jack now weighs 23.5 pounds
jack is 32.5 inches tall
jack's head is 47 cm around

when she plots him on the growth chart, he is on his same curve -- about 75th percentile for height and 25th for weight. he *must* get that from his lanky, svelte mother. oh ... wait ...

she was very pleased to see the list of his words, which, (we must update) also include "hot" and "nana." we forgot those yesterday. sorry, nana. sorry, hot. so we're up to 19 words. and she was very pleased that he has a couple of phrases -- "good dog" and "bye bye daddy."

she, like most who encounter him, remarked on how much energy jack has, but assures us this amount of "kinetic activity" is completely normal, especially in a little boy.

we are under orders to go buy some "real" shoes for fall/winter. i'm sure that will be its own blog entry.

and because of his walking/running status, jack got his vaccinations in the arm today for the first time. during his tb test he just looked quizically at the nurse until he finally broke out with some tears. we were up to full-on howling by the hib and mmr vaccines, but he recovered quickly and was busily and happily playing with toys before we even had our bill paid.

we go back saturday to check the tb test ... and ... get a flu shot.

don't tell jack.