Gavin 2 year checkup

2 Year Doctor Appt

 

At the 2 year old baby check up doctor appt, there are a variety of tests done to check where babies are developmentally and physically.  We are happy to report that Gavin is healthy and developing wonderfully.  His percentiles (meaning he is in the __ size percentile for boys his age):

Weight: 12%

Height: 50%

Head: 57%

He is still on the skinnier side, but growing at a steady pace.  He is gaining weight, he just gains it slower because he is so busy running around and burning off calories, lol.  Average height and head size, so he is doing great.  They told us to keep him on whole milk, so he gets extra calories (I guess normally they switch them to low fat milk to prevent obesity).  Sometimes we give him Pediasure shakes too, and he really likes them.

 

His speech and vocabulary are doing AWESOME!!! He is supposed to be able to make 2 word sentences like “big ball” and he makes up to 8 word sentences.  When the doctor was talking to him, he even told her, “I want to go over there”.  She was very impressed J  He is also doing well counting and knowing his colors.  He knows red, purple, brown, pink and green.  This morning while we were getting ready, he looked in the mirror and said, “Mama, I have brown eyes, brown!” And I said, yes, you sure do have beautiful brown eyes, good job!”. He surprises us every day with the things he knows. 

 

His favorite activities are playing with cars/choo choo trains, coloring, play dough, playing learning games on the ipad and reading books. He also loves to play “Rawr Rawr”, which means riding around on your back pretending you are a Tiger, lol. He loves playing that game with Dada!  He is doing a good job with the early stages of potty training.  He will go on the potty if we catch him before he goes in his diaper.  We just need to work on getting him to tell us before he has to go.  He is very excited to get to wear his big boy underwear soon. ;)

 

Gavin loves his daycare and has a lot of fun there.  It is a small group of five kids, and right now all five are boys! Three of the boys are older than Gavin, and he is learning so much from them.  They do fun school type activities, sing songs, play games and have FUN!

 

Overall, Gavin is doing great!!!!!  

 

Happy 2nd Birthday Gavin!!!!

At 2 years old, Gavin:

Is sweet and compassionate

Is soo curious and needs to point out every detail

Talks non-stop and we often refer to him as “motor mouth”

Loves to read books and will sit alone, quietly, turning the pages

Idolizes Spiderman, but still loves Elmo, Cookie Monster and Mickey Mouse

Enjoys running, jumping, climbing and basically just moving

Would rather play than eat and would rather drink than eat, but doesn’t mind sitting in his high chair

Definitely tells you what he wants, but is pretty understanding if he can’t have it

Loves riding in the car and pointing at everything: car, man walking, school bus, moon ball, motorcycle, etc.

Will give you a hug and a kiss, and then run away as fast as he can

Will say good night to everyone and everything (ni-night tooth brush, ni-night ipad, ni-night shoes)

Sleeps 11-12 hours a night plus a 2 hour nap…he has always been a great sleeper 

Plays mostly with cars, trucks, balls, blocks, Spiderman and the ipad.

And we love him so, so much and are so blessed to be a part of this amazing child's life!!!!!