Our Baby Mercer: February 2014

My Love!!

Thursday I took Avery for her 15 month check up. It's crazy that she remembered the doctor's office from 3 months ago. As soon as they called us back to scale, she started freaking out. She was terrified! Our tiny girl was 19.8lbs and 31 inches tall. She is in the 30th percentile for weight and 70th for height. Almost all of her friends that are 3-6 months younger than her outweigh her by a few pounds!

She did calm down during the appointment for long enough to show off all of her tricks for the doctor, who was very impressed. :) She said her vocabulary is very advanced, and since she knows "diaper" and some other potty words that she may be ready to be introduced to the potty. She also said she has seasonal allergies which has explained her month long runny nose and cough.

So after her appointment we got some Claritin, which has already helped her a TON, and a potty, which she has already used a few times! I really was surprised, because we thought she was too little to really understand it, but she totally gets it. Right now we are working on just putting her on it before and after bed and naps.When she goes in it we give her a small piece of candy which she gets excited about too. I bought her some Pull-ups and put one on her today, but it's more to get her to practice pulling off her pants and pulling them back up than anything. I'm keeping her in regular diapers for the most part, though.

I am not ready for full on potty training yet! The thought of putting her in a toddler bed so she can go in the middle of the night is frightening! We won't be doing that until summer at the earliest!! Although I am about ready to say goodbye to onesies, they are still great for layering in this bipolar weather, and her zippy pajama sleepers are still my favorite thing to see her in. I just want to soak up what little bit of babyness that is left!

She is turning into such a big girl so fast!! Today she said her first two sentences.. "Daddy is not nice." while shaking her finger at him in her grumpy first-thing-in-the-morning funk, and "Mommy, I want that." while pointing to her sippy cup on the highchair. It blew us away both times! It's so sweet to hear her tiny voice speaking real words, even if she is being mean to Daddy. We couldn't stop laughing!

We have had the laziest weekend ever, just hanging around the house during this nasty weather and daydreaming of me being a stay at home mommy while I dread another week of indoor recess with 23 kindergartners. I do however feel very blessed that my sweet room mom threw me a half-birthday party and awesome parents and students that showered me with gifts sweet cards. It's definitely nice to feel appreciated, but I am still counting down to spring break!!!