You can tell Mara is our third child-- since her 2 year well checkup at the doctor's office was well past when it was actually her second birthday. In my defense, it's not like she hasn't had plenty of attention from the doctors in the past few months, what with her incessant ear infections and resulting complications from her antibiotics. I mean, really.
But last week, Mara finally had her checkup. She was so much more charming than normal- usually she is screaming her guts out at the mention of her name- and was jabbering like crazy to the nurse and the doctor. She measured 27 lb 3 oz (50th percentile) and was 37" long (96th percentile). Funny how out little midget who gave us such fits in the growth department is suddenly turning into the girl who won't be wearing high heels to her prom.
The whole way through her appointment she was asking the doctor to check specific things. "Docor check Mara's heart? Docor check Mara's ears? Docor check Mara's beyee?" It was sweet, and he declared that she is advnced verbally. And tbat made me laugh right out loud. I assured him that it wasn't something I would have expected to hear from him since all of her verbal development seems to have happened at warp speed over the past two months.
Mara still is obsessed with all things baby related, and spends nearly all of her time taking care of her beloved purple baby. She rocks her, sings to her and dresses her up. She feeds her, gives her bottles and tucks her in at bedtime. I have said in recent months that it is a shame we didn't have her first because she would have been a big help with the other kids!
She is talking in multiple sentence thoughts at this point, and although it is still sometimes pretty choppy, she is getting her point across with pretty adorable personality these days. You can just tell how much less frustrated she is now that she can communicate a little better. I think we are all relieved about that!
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