Yesterday I took Gavin in for his 15 month check up. He weighed 26 lbs 4 oz (75th percentile); Length- 30.5 inches (50th percentile); Head- 18 inches (50th percentile). He only got one shot this go around. When we moved back to Moses Lake I called the Moses Lake Clinic to schedule Gavin's 12 month appointment. I called in late August thinking I was super early, but apparently I was super late. They couldn't get Gavin in for his 12 month shots until October 29th which is 5 weeks after his 1st birthday. So, when we finally got in for his appointment he was behind and they had to give him an extra shot. They took one of the shots that he would have gotten at his 15 month check up and gave it to him early. Now, I just need to call in a few weeks to schedule his 2nd flu shot.
So, while I had the doctor in front of me (I really like Dr. Beaubien by the way. She reminds me a lot of Gavin's pediatrician back in Everett whom I ADORED) I asked her a few questions about general things. One was his sudden sensitivity to anything tomato based. Since his reactions don't go away within an hour or so she recommended I give him nothing with tomato's for 2-3 months. He's so sensitive that when Matt and I went to Inca's and I used my fork that I was eating enchiladas with to give him a bite of beans he broke out. I made sure my fork didn't have any visible sauce on it, but it didn't matter. He broke out. He's eaten lasagna and enchilada's in the past and has had not problems. I just had no idea how long to wait to reintroduce tomato's to him. She said he'd probably out grow the sensitivity but since he seemed to be more sensitive to them than most kids she recommended that I wait a few months.
Gavin has also decided that he no longer likes milk. He took himself off the bottle a week after his 1st birthday. I can't get him to drink plain milk. He refuses. I started sticking ovaltine in his sippy cup. Not a whole lot but just enough to slightly flavor his milk. I figured ovaltine is a lot better than nesquick and Hersey's. Less sugar and more vitamins and minerals. Anyway, he loves it. He will guzzle it down. I just hate giving him chocolate milk. It makes me feel like a bad mom who doesn't care what goes in her kids body but that is so not the case. He just won't drink his milk. Now, he loves yogurt and he LOVES cheese. So he gets his dairy in other ways. Dr. Beaubien said if chocolate milk is the only thing he will drink then keep giving it to him. She also told me to keep trying to put less and less powder in it, but every time I do, he throws it on the ground and won't drink it. What do you do? He drinks more water than anything else and loves water. That's really all he ever wants. He even asks me for "wa wa".
Also, Gavin has been extremely curious about what's going on when I go to the bathroom. As most moms know... you can't use the bathroom without the little ones following. I told Matt that he needed to start taking Gavin with him and Gavin has been so amazed at what's going on. He's been pretty vocal about going to the bathroom even though he calls everything "poo-poo". He pee'd on the bathroom floor and pointed and said "poo-poo". I told him no, that's "pee-pee", but he doesn't care. Everything is "poo-poo". He tells me when he goes to the bathroom in his diaper too. I asked Dr. Beaubien what she thought about us getting him his own potty and she said it was a great idea. Now, I fully understand that he may want nothing to do with it and that's fine. We'd wait, but how awesome would that be if he loved it? That would be great. I also know that there is a chance that he may regress, but this kid seems to be very smart. I don't just say that because he's my son, but because that's all I hear from other people.
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