18 Months - almost

Josh had his 18 months appointment on March 19. (He'll be 18 months on the 30th) and the appointment went....well, let's just say Joshy crying in nursery every week times 10! he just screamed when the nurse or doctor got near him. But, we did learn that he is 26 pounds. They said he was just below the 50th percentile in height, and just above it in weight. Short and chubby! But really, he is average. I talked ot the doctor too about his speech. Josh only says about 15 to 20 words, and when Sam was his age he was talking A LOT. But the doctor said 15 words was about right for an 18 month old and he said that we really didn't have anything to worry about, just give him time. He said if we really really wanted to have him evaluated we could take him to Ken O Shaw because they do evalutations for free. But he felt like it wasn't needed. wish was nice to hear! Basically, at our church there are four boys that were born in September of '05, one of them is a first born and he talks up a storm, the other three (including Josh) are all second borns and they hardly say anything! Of course, Josh is always crying in nursery....but Dr. Joseph said 18 months is the peak of stranger anxiety and not to worry about the anxiety (yet...) I took him to get his picture today--same thing. He screamed when the lady got anywhere near him....Sam on the other hand was great and took some awesome pictures! (Even though we weren't even going to take his picture...!) We'll just have to keep trying to take good pics at home!