Well Check-ups

Today both boys had their well check-ups at the Pediatrician's office. Colby for his 4 year check and Hayden for his 6 month check. Both boys are healthy and growing well.

Colby has grown 3 inches and and gained 4 pounds since his last well check-up a year ago. Hayden has gained 11.5 pounds and grown 6.5 inches since he was born 6 months ago. He now weighs what Colby did when he was a one year old!

Colby is 38 pounds and in the 50-75th%

He is 40/34 inches tall and also in the 50-75th%

While waiting on the nurse, I read over the brochure "Your Child is 4." Always anxious how my child compares to the norm, I scanned over the developmental areas. I felt very confident that Colby is meeting/surpassing all of his milestones.

Movement:
Hops and stands on one foot for up to 5 seconds (See pictures below)
Goes upstairs/downstairs without support (YES -our old house was 2 floors)
Kicks ball forward (YES -he was on a soccer team and he can walk while dribbling a ball too!)

Hand and Finger Skills:
Copies square shapes (YES- he can even draw a house)
Draws a person with 2-4 body parts (Yes - he drew his whole family -4 heads all with faces, arms and legs)
Uses scissors (Yes - he got his own pair for Christmas)

Language:
Speaks in sentences of 5-6 words (YES - he was doing this at 2.5 years old. He will re-tell an entire story with all of it's details down to the hair of his chiny-chin-chin.)
Speaks clearly enough for strangers to understand (YES)

Social:
Increasingly inventive in fantasy play (YES - he has us going on virtual trips from Disney to outer space daily. He loves to dress up in costumes and use his pretend weapons to fight)
Dress/Undresses (YES - see costumes above)
More Independent (YES - has even told me to leave him alone, he would like his privacy!)

Emotional:
Often cannot distinguish between fantasy/reality (I think he has a pretty good grip. As a son of a librarian, he knows Fiction and Non-Fiction and is always using these words to describe his TV shows/characters)
Can express anger verbally rather than physically (YES - he lets out a huge sigh, squeezes his fists together, and says I am so angry! He will also call me Amy, rather than mommy when he's mad.)

Though, I wasn't quite sure if he could balance on one foot for up to 5 seconds - he never stands still. So I had him try it out while we waited in the exam room.

Karate Kid

He then took it to the next level and began leaping off of the stool on one foot.
Right after this shot the stool flipped over and crashed.

Next the nurse asked me if he knew his letters. I excidetly told her he did! Then I realized she wasn't interested in how smart he was but rather which eye chart to check his vision - the shape chart or the letters. We tried the letters and he recognized/saw all the letters correctly. His vision is 20/25 for both eyes.

He got his blood pressure checked, 90/58. Although this sounded low to me, it is normal for someone his size. He also got the flu mist.

Chubs is tipping the scale at 19 pounds (75th%). He is 27 inches long (50th%).
His head circumference is 44.5 inches (65th%)

Hayden is able to babble for more than 2 seconds, roll over, scoot, bounce, move objects from hand to hand, reach for objects and hold them, bring his feet to his mouth, turn towards a voice, recognize strangers. He is working on sitting without support - he can for a short period and then collapses forward.

Hayden got 3 vaccinations - 2 shots and one oral.

Thank God for healthy boys!