Well today was a big day! I met Kaylee's teacher today and I took her to the doctor for her 18 month well-child appt. When we got there, they were confused they were like, "so what's wrong with her?..." I guess they hadn't seen any "well" children yet that day - just a lot of sick kids. Kaylee is 23 lbs 0 oz. When they doctor started to get concerned over the drop from last visit, I explained that Kaylee had a bug about a week ago that kept her from eating much and that is why I suspected the weight loss. I explained she hadn't been well for long - and now she has a cold - yikes! anyways, I had questions about what to do because I want Kaylee to have a flu shot and they say no due to her egg allergy (the allergist says no). The pediatrician is referring us to another allergist for a second opinion because she feels the restrictions on Kaylee are a bit much, like not being able to eat egg. I had already set up an appt to have her tested on her arm for the egg allergy and then if she passed, the doctor would administer a test shot of 10% of the vaccine. The doctor thought this was a slow process and said I might be better off with the other referral. She said she for sure won't be getting the H1N1 vaccinne if she's allergic. She said the fact that Kaylee received a shot of the MMR with no reaction before we knew about ht allergy was promising.

We have been giving Kaylee a bit of egg in Ramen noodles with a facial reaction - red dots all around her lower face. We figure we monitor it carefully and our doctor likes the protein and fat it gives Kaylee. She is on my case again about Kaylee waking up at night, and says we need to continue working on it for the health of our family. She said we need to teach Kaylee how to better fall asleep on her own and that the milk and rocking are preventing her from doing that. I agree, partially...we've tried the militant crying-it-out a couple of times and it doesn't go well. It is traumatic for everyone. I've also tried the slow-separation while awake technique with some success but lets face it - I'm tired at the end of the day and just want to put her to sleep and relax myself! Anyways, we'll work on it with her. She also wants me to stop giving her a bottle in the morning. She says Kaylee doesn't need it and needs her breakfast more. She also wants her in a booster seat. Demanding!!! We'll try these things out and see what works.

One the positive front, she said Kaylee is well above average in her speaking abilities and was shocked when she had stacked all the blocks (in the test) and then knocked the block over onto the floor and said, "where'd it go?" The doctor looked up at me and said "did I hear what I just heard!" I told her Kaylee can say over 100 words for sure. She tested Kaylee's understanding of language with some pictures of a dog, a cat, a bird, a "daddy" and a horse. Kaylee got all of them correct. She looks so proud of herself, and I was so proud of her!

There were some tears during the appt because it happened during her nap time and that wasn't so good but overall it was a pretty good visit, minus the nagging from the doc, and there were no shots! Yay!

New words:

Heart

Tree

Circle

Star

Others...got to go baby crying!