15 Month Checkup...

Madison had her 15 month checkup on Friday.  Dr. Crary thought that everything was fine, but he wants her to get evaluated since she's still not walking.  He gave us the number for Early Childhood Intervention (ECI).  They have a local office that serves North Central Texas (9 counties).  I will be calling the local office to see what the next step is.  The nurse told me that I just contact them, and then they will contact the doctor to fill out some paperwork.  I know they will come to the house and do the evaluation.  Dr. Crary said that they probably will prescribe some sort of physical therapy or tell us some exercises to do with her.  Other than that, she's still tall and still has a large head!  Her stats were:

• Weight:  23 lbs. 2 oz - 50-75%
• Length:  31.75 inches - 75-90%
• Head:  19 inches - >95%
  

She was right in the same percentiles that she was last time.  So, she's still growing about the same rate.  Dr. Crary was pleased that she was off the bottle completely, and that she gets her teeth brushed twice a day!

Overall, the checkup went fine, except when the nurse went to measure her head.  Madison immediately started crying, and she basically cried the entire time they were doing anything to her.  And when I say cry, she was screaming her head off and sobbing uncontrollably!!  It was horrible.  When we were checking out, the lady asked if she was all red from having vaccines.  I told her that she was just screaming for the past 30 minutes!  She felt so sorry for her that she gave her a little plastic rattle!!  Of course, Madison didn't want anything to do with it...until we got in the car.  Now, it's like her favorite toy!

In other news, my mom got here Tuesday.  We tried to go to Barnes and Noble on Wednesday.  We decided to go after lunch, which was a mistake.  Madison was sleepy because she hadn't had a nap.  We got there, and she would not go in the stroller.  So, I ended up having to carry her through the store.  And, it seemed like any book we picked up she would just throw.  We ended up getting some books though.  Of course, she fell asleep as soon as we got in the car.  We ended up having to drive around for awhile so she would get a nap in.  Then on Thursday we went to Old Navy to get her some more shorts.  She wasn't too impressed in Old Navy until Mom showed her this book.  Well, she really liked the book.  She carried it around Old Navy, and then we went next door to Bed, Bath, and Beyond, and she carried it around in there.  She even had in the car for most of the ride home!  She does love her books!

And, I think Madison is trying to drop a nap.  She hasn't had 2 naps in a day in a few weeks.  If she sleeps in the morning, then she won't take an afternoon nap, no matter how sleepy she is.  And if she doesn't take a morning nap, then she will go to sleep in the afternoon.  So, I think I'm going to get rid of the morning nap.  I'm going to miss that morning nap though.  I get all the things done around the house when she naps!  Anyway, on Thursday she had her morning nap, but just would not take that afternoon nap.  She was sooo sleepy too.  After being in her crib for about an hour, I finally just went in and got her.  She was just sitting in there "talking".  Well, Jeff got home, and he was holding her while Mom and I finished fixing dinner.  She had her head on his shoulder and kept closing her eyes.  I kept telling him not to let her go to sleep that she needed to eat dinner.  So, she had a few nibbles and then this was the final result...

She was sooo cute asleep in her high chair.  She stayed like that while we finished eating and did the dishes.  She woke up and just started crying.  She never really settled down and just cried.  We tried to put her down early, but she just cried for a really long time.  So, I hope this doesn't become a regular thing.  She did this one other time...and it was when my mom was here!  I think Grammy just wears her out!