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Jordan had her 15 month check up this morning, and she did really well. She whimpered a bit when they first laid her down to get her height, but then did fine for the weight and head circumference. So here are the stats: Head circumference- 18 inches, which is the 70th percentile. Height- 30 1/2 inches, which is the 70th percentile. I think that it might have been slightly wrong. I think she’s a bit shorter than that. Weight- 19 pounds, 13 1/2 ounces, which is the 7th percentile. Yikes! The doctor’s not too worried about it, but has told me to try to get her on whole milk. She said she should be drinking 24 ounces a day of whole milk. So far the few sips Jordan has actually had, she has promptly spit out. I’ve tried new cups, old cups, different types of cups, mixing it with breast milk, only giving her breast milk from a special cup, and so far nothing has worked. The doctor suggested Lactaid which is sweeter, like breast milk, so we shall see if she’ll drink any of that. I’m also supposed to try to get her to eat at least a serving of yogurt a day. That won’t be a problem, as she loves yogurt! She eats every type of yogurt, and every flavor of yogurt so far! I said she eats lots of cheese, but the doctor said that she needs the calcium from milk and yogurt. I guess cheese doesn’t have as much calcium. Anyway, this trip Jordan didn’t cry at all while the doctor was in the room (a welcome change from her 12 month appointment!), and I think it helped that we brought Tigger with us, and Dr. Lee checked Tigger first, then Jordan. She didn’t even cry when she checked her ears! I believe Tigger needs to come with us to every appointment from now on!! Oh- and a new trick that my friend Tracy taught her during pumpkin carving came in handy today! Tracy asked Jordan what a hippo says, and told her that a hippo says *open mouth really wide*. So today when we needed to look in her mouth, I asked Jordan what a hippo says, and she opened her mouth really wide! Which also let us see that her top molars are almost in. One has broken through- the one on the top left, and the one on the top right is close, if it hasn’t broken through already. It was hard to tell. The bottom ones are still in the gum completely, but there are bumps. Anyway, the only other thing is that Jordan has a stye on her right eyelid. Doctor wasn’t concerned, I just need to do hot compresses, as much as Jordan will allow it. Fun! So anyway, that’s the news from here!

I got all the Halloween pictures all up on the site this morning. There are a LOT of them, so I’m not going to post highlights here, you can just check them out in the gallery!
There are some from Oct 29, Oct 30, Halloween itself, and November 1. I didn’t get a picture of her on the 3rd at 15 months, but I will have to do that today. I can’t believe she’s already 15 months! We’re going to be trying out Level 4 on Tuesday to see how she does in there. Level 4 starts at 16 months, but I really think she’s ready for a change of pace in her class. She also has her 15 month appointment today, so we’ll get to find out how much she weighs and how tall she is now! I’ll be sure to update after the appointment!

Jordan continues to amaze me with how many signs and words she learns on a day to day basis! Here are some of the latest signs: Please (and she uses it correctly now!, Thank you, Up, Pumpkin, Open, Gentle, and Chicken. chicken isn’t really the real sign (I don’t know what it is), but she moves her arms like in the chicken dance while saying “bock bock”, or more like “bah bah”. Her new words are: Book, That, Down, Bye Bye, and Apple. It’s getting rather hard to keep up with all these new things!