15 Months Already?

Today was Macy's 15 month well baby visit. She weighs 22.5 lbs (40%) and is 31.5 in (75%). She has continued to stay at the 40% mark for weight since birth. Despite all the eating our little Moo Moo does, she weighs less than 60% of 15 month olds! I find that hard to believe since the girl LOVES to eat. Really, her upper body is quite thin, it's just those chunky thighs and butt that make her seem so overly healthy. :)

Two weeks ago, as I was answering the developmental questionnaire as requested by the pediatrician's office, I began to question if her communication skills were lacking. Her cognitive abilities were right on target, but she scored the lowest in the communication section. Well, fear no more, because she seems to have had a language explosion during the past two weeks. She has added many more words to her vocabulary, some of which are short phrases:

mama

dada

bubba

dog

ball

up

uh-oh

thank you

stop it

please

more

nite nite

papaw

book

more

no no

out

hello

bye bye

shoes

eat

Dr. Sue strongly encourages that we start breaking Macy of her pacifier. She mentioned it at the one year visit, and today she saw firsthand how crazy about her paci our little girl is. I actually tried to hide it from the doctor (hee hee), as it was clipped to the inside of the diaper bag. Well, wouldn't ya know, Macy found it and kept walking over there and putting in her mouth, but became frustrated because she could not detach it from the bag. She would start stomp her feet and whine, all while looking at me like WTH? :) We will see. We actually did attempt to limit the paci use to only sleep times, but that didn't go over so well. She doesn't so much want it at home while playing, but it's a must for in the car and when we are out running errands or eating out. That paci is often the thing that prevents a crying fit out in public, which I try to avoid at all costs!