Hadley had her 18-month doctors appointment this morning. Here are her stats from the appt:

Height: 32″ (55th percentile)
Weight: 24 lbs 7.5 oz (50th percentile)
Head: 47.5 cm (75th percentile)

Hadley is still slowing on her weight and height. She is my perfectly average little girl, hanging out right in the middle of the growth chart. The doctor performed a myriad of tests (disguised as play), which Hadley found to be quite entertaining. He noticed that she is very good at comprehending the things we say to her and following directions. He asked if she had many words and I said I thought so. He asked if it was more than ten and I said definitely! I had been pretty diligent about keeping track awhile ago and we were at over 25 words so she has certainly added more since then. Our doctor was quite impressed by that.

He mentioned taking her to the dentist and I said that we hadn’t yet, but I was concerned about the order she was getting her teeth. (Here is an interesting pictorial description of typical baby teeth order of appearance.) For the longest time she only had the top four and the bottom middle two but she was teething again and we noticed she is getting a couple more on top, but way in the back. He checked and confirmed they are her first molars. I asked if that was normal to get the molars before she even got the lower lateral incisors and he said sometimes kids are just missing some of their baby teeth. He felt around and said he was pretty sure there are teeth there, but without an X-ray he has no way to tell if they are baby teeth or adult teeth. He said I might talk to our dentist if we think it’s a concern. (Auntie Jeni, care to weigh in on this??)

Otherwise, she got one shot (Hep A) and didn’t even cry. Though she did throw a pretty menacing glare toward the nurse wielding the needle! We go in for her next appointment when she is two years old.