Two And Counting

We just finally got Lennon in for his 2 year check up. He was something like 32 lbs and 33" tall. He was in the 60 something percentile for height and head circumference and the 80 something percentile for weight. He had made a jump in weight from his last check up I guess, but Dr. Coffey said he wasn't worried. He said maybe if Shelby and I were big fatties and he knew us to be a junk food eating family who was feeding their children fast food and push up pops it might be a different story, but said in general Lennon seemed fine and according to the way I told him Lennon eats, he said he was probably just a big dude. He is still no where near the amazon size of his younger, larger cousin, Jackson who is off the charts in all areas I think.

In the waiting room Lennon was relaxed and playing with the toys, but as soon as they put us in a room he was suddenly petrified. He was clinging to me saying "I'm scared. I'm scared!" When Dr Coffey got into the room he said he thought Dr. Coffey was scary so we just talked for a minute and looked at a picture of Dr. Coffey's two little kids and told Lennon that Dr Coffey was a daddy just like our Daddy and then he seemed to relax a little. He still was not a big fan of sitting up on the examining table, but overall was very cooperative, just uneasy. In the end he was playing peek-a-boo and saying, "Peek-a-boo Dr. Daddy!" The doctor was very impressed with his vocabulary and I'm sure of his adorability as well, though he didn't mention that specifically.

We talked a little about vaccines. His kids are 4 and 1, so we're in a similar boat right now and it's really nice to get a doctor's advice that is also a concerned parents advice. He suggested we get Lennon the Hib and possibly the pertussis. He didn't suggest we do the swine flu vaccine because it is so new and he just couldn't totally stand behind it yet. His kids got regular flu vaccines partially because his older daughter has asthma and goes to preschool, but they didn't get the swine flu vaccine. I'll probably take Lennon in to get the Hib. I didn't want to do it today because he was so scared already. I imagine he was scared because of all the doctor visits and hospital visits we made last year during that never ending digestive bug he had.

On another note, Lennon seems to finally be okay with me leaving him at the childcare to exercise. It is amazing. I just drop him off and leave and so far no tears or complaints. The first day when I came to pick him up I said, "Did you have fun? How was it?" His response, "It's not so bad."

Lennon is the kind of kid who knows EXACTLY what he wants and usually has no patience for anything other than just that. Until recently when Jackson singing the alphabet was posted online, Lennon would have nothing to do with that pesky alphabet song. Anytime someone started to sing it he would scream with protest. It was as if the song itself offended him. Either way, now that we have repeatedly watched Jackson singing it, Lennon has started to sing his own version of it. It usually goes something like this, "ABCDEFGHIJK Elmo's bobo! QRSTUVWXYZ......now I know mine....sing iff MIA!" And a burst of laughter. Other times it's more like "ah bah ne ne blah bam bam...." He's super silly. He often says, "ne ne han han." No one knows what he is talking about, but he thinks it's hilarious. He will decide that the food we are eating is "ne ne par par" for example and if you ask him what "ne ne par par" is, he will just laugh and tell you in sort of a "weren't you listening the first time" tone, "it's ne ne par par." What a weirdo.