16 months

Mason had his 15 month checkup on his 16 month birthday. October was way too busy to go to the doctor, but I wanted to make sure we were able to see Dr. Shah before we left for our trip. The appointment started off great, because the nurse gave him a lollypop right away. Of course that meant that his entire body was sticky, since they strip them down to their diaper for the checkup. He finished his sucker before Dr. Shah came in and that meant I had to take away the stick, so that he wouldn't poke himself or me with it. Unfortunately, that started the first crying session. Luckily, it only lasted for a few seconds and he lit up when Dr. Shah came in the room.


The second crying session began when Dr. Shah had to hold his head still to check his ears. Mason has never liked getting his ears looked at and he makes sure to let you know. Even Dr. Shah commented on Mason's strength. After he was done, I held Mason and calmed him down, while we chatted for a bit. I had a few questions, especially since we will be traveling for a long period of time. I was concerned mostly with Mason's ears. He has had a cold this past week and it is finally clearing up, but I was worried that getting on the plane would cause him to get another ear infection. Luckily, Mason hasn't had an ear infection since May, but it seemed like he was getting a double ear infection everytime we flew home, except for our trip in July. Dr. Shah suggested seeing my pediatrician back in Katy, if he were to get sick again. I'm so fortunate that Dr. Lentsch takes good care of Mason every time we see her on our trips home. I'm hoping that we won't have to visit her office at all this trip.

The third crying session began during his shots. He had his chicken pox vaccine and his DP. Did I mention that his appointment was during his afternoon nap? So I loaded him up to come home and the minute I took him out of his carseat, he was asleep on my shoulder. He slept great and his shots didn't seem to bother him the rest of the day.

Head: 47.5 centimeters putting him in the 75 percentile.
Height: 33.75 inches putting him in the 95 percentile.
Weight: 27 lbs. 4 oz. putting him in the 95 percentile.
(Mason has never been in below the 95 percentile for his height or weight)

A few things Mason is doing at this stage:
~ He loves to dance when I sing songs to him.
~ He walks around the house acting like he is talking on the phone.
~ Like his mom, he loves when anyone rubs their fingers through his hair.
~ When he dances, he puts his whole body into it.
~ When I tell him lets go bye-bye, he walks/runs to the garage door.
~ He loves Oreos!
~ He knows how to open the car door, therefore I have the child locks on his side of the car.
~ He wants you to read books to him over and over and over and over again.