In 3 months, she sprouted up 1.5 inches standing tall at 33 inches putting her in the 85% for her age. She also gained exactly 2 pounds weighing in at 23 lbs 12 oz putting her in the 43%. As usual, her large brain-filled noggin measured in at 46.25 centimeters putting her at 60%. That girl and her noggin!
As far as her intelligence, she seems to score very high. Children her age are expected to know a minimum of 8 words and when we counted a few months back she was up to 77+! We sure think her fascination with books really are advancing her communication skills! In other good news, Claire passed her autism-signs test today with flying colors as well as her 18 month questionnaire assessing her communication skills, gross and fine motor skills, problem solving abilities and her personal-social interactions. The only behavioral issue noted was her aggressive tendencies. My girl often bites, hits, scratches, pinches and pulls hair (either her own or other's) when she is frustrated or tired. It's now time to start really enforcing those timeouts and nip this in the bud.
Our other issue to start focusing on, besides starting the potty-training process, is trying to get our strong-willed girl to start taking milk in a sippy instead of a bottle. She is still drinking 4 bottles a day(!) and, at this age, should really be using sippy cups. Most kids her age drink milk with their meals much like how adults drink liquids. Claire, on the other hand, still takes a bottle first thing in the morning in her crib, before her nap in her crib and before bed in her crib. YIKES! Since the only liquids she will drink are water and milk, she associates a sippy cup and milk with a bottle. Looks like I have got my work cut out for me.
Claire received the first of two chicken pox vaccines and the first of three Hepatitis A vaccines. She yelled, screamed and cried - it was tragic but short-lived at the promise of a sticker reward :) Overall, clean bill of health for our long and lean girl. It's a good day!
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