Damien went to his 18 month check up today–complete with immunizations. He now weighs 25.35 lbs and is 34.72 in long. Weight wise, he’s in the 40th percentile, while height wise is the 96th percentile.ย With his head circumference he’s in the 15th percentile. So I guess that means the average kid is a little fatter, shorter, and has a large head than Damien. Weird.
Anywho, he has been officially labeled with a “speech delay”. Before they were just monitoring him, but now they’ve referred us to EDIS who are supposed to be calling in a week or so. It’s supposed to go along with some speech therapy. I guess it can’t hurt anything.
Below is a video of Damien and me from the other day. He’s looking into the camera so he’s watching himself as he’s talking. He wants to touch the screen a lot so he’s hard to get a decent video. At least you get to hear him making some sounds.
Today was also Damien’s first day at the CDC. Because of his appointment, we didn’t go over there until 0930 and all the kids in his room were playing outside. He was a little shy at first, but quickly started exploring. When I came to pick him up tonight, the lady said he was upset for about an hour after coming inside. Sounds like him. I’m sure it was a mixture of a lot of things. He already had a big morning before going to a new daycare. Overall it sounded like he had a good day.