Finally on the Charts!
We took Allison in for her 2 year wellness a week ago and found out some joyous news! Her weight and height are finally on the growth charts. After being in the sub-0% for weight for many months, she weighed in at 23 lbs. 6 oz (10-25%) and stood at 32.15″ (10%). Given that Allison regularly cleans out our produce cabinet and mows through every meal, we’re starting to see some real results. Of course, it’s very clear now that we’re going to have a “petite” child and one fairly regular sized one too. Her pediatrician explained that with a tall and short set of parents, its common to see either tall or short kids – less so medium height.
I Want More Dirt
It’s really a truism that kids like the most basic things. In this case, Allison and Katherine were in for a special treat last week. My mom had a little bark pile delivered to her driveway, to be spread in her garden and foundation plants. Allison went wild when she saw it. When I pulled out of the driveway, I saw her digging assiduously in the pile with a small trowel. When I returned…more of the same. I had to literally take the trowel and a little garbage pail out of her hands and assure her that we would return for more dirt fun the next day with Katherine. The next day saw more bark being scooped, spilled and sort of distributed in the foundation plants – and some very barky kids who headed straight for the tub.
This morning Allison and I made our usual Wednesday trip to Trilogy. As we headed towards my mom’s house, I heard Allison pipe up in the backseat:
Allison: “I want to play with dirt.”
Mom: “The dirt is all gone. Meola”
Allison: “I want NEW dirt pile!”
That is a good example of her twoness these days. She’s very opinionated, “I want NEW song” (not a big fan of NPR yet). Or, she imitates her sister, trying to get in trouble with “Nana popoo” (I really can’t say what this is about, but this is not out of the norm for kids I guess). We had about a five-minute tantrum this morning after I put on a very cute, cherry outfit that she absolutely did NOT want to wear. And, she was convinced that she had to play with the Beattle this morning. The good news is that this stage “shall too pass”, hopefully sooner rather than later.