15 month check up

Yesterday was Chance's 15 month Doctor's appointment. He turned 15 months old on the 21st. Chance played for a while in the waiting room with a little boy who was his same age, they played with the blocks and shared very well even though I haven't had much opportunity to teach Chance about sharing with other kids yet. He was much bigger than the other little boy and it turns out that Chance has had his biggest growth spurt between his 12 months appointment and his 15 month appointment. He is 34 inches tall and he weighs 27 pounds. I hate to argue with the scale but it seems highly unlikely that he only gained .13 of a pound in the last three months. I think it is a little off because he stood on the scale for the first time instead of laying on the baby one and he was moving around a little. Anyway that putts him in the 95 percentile for height and the 85 percentile for weight. He is a little chunky monkey. He was very good while the Doctor was examining him and he even showed her how he can stand up all by himself. He was fine with everything except when the Doctor laid him down to check his belly, he doesn't like to lay down unless it is nap time and he was sure it was not nap time. He got three shots and a finger prick again to check his Iron and Lead levels. His Iron is good and we will get the results from the Lead soon though it was OK last time. He got a Chicken Pox shots and an MMR and one other that I can't remember right now. He cried for his shots and once he caught on he tried to push the nurses hand away before she even got to his leg with the needle. It was so sad but it was over quickly and he recovered just as quickly. He was so good and (they know that he loves books) that the Doctor gave him a book and two stickers to take home. He ran a little fever for the rest of the day and so we spent the night watching cartoons and the old Batman movie on the couch and then Chance went to bed a little early. This morning he was happy and healthy an ready to go again.

There was a little bit of scary news during his visit to the Dr. too.

Chance has a bump on the back of his head it has been there forever and as far as I was concerned it was just the way his head is shaped. At this visit the Dr. asked me if it felt bigger to me which it doesn't it is getting bigger as his head is getting bigger but I don't think the bump itself is growing. She was concerned and said that instead of her ordering X-rays that are really hard to get in a little one anyway that we should make an appointment with the Neurosurgeon that they have on staff and ask him what he thinks. She said it could totally be nothing but that sometimes the plates in a baby's head will fuse too early. After I got home I looked this up on the trusty Internet and found that yes this happens more than you would think but if that is true then it would need to be corrected with surgery. I will keep you all posted on that. Our appointment to see the neurosurgeon is Friday at 9am. For now I am going say it is just the way his head is shaped until I find out differently for sure, still I can't help but worry a little.