Evan had his 18 months checkup about two weeks ago. He's healthy and running along the 5% weight growth chart. He's growing fairly well length-wise though (37%). We asked the pediatrician a couple of things - whether to let Evan out of the crib, if there's a better way to brush his teeth, when he might grasp the concept of color, etc. The answers for at least these 3 questions were: 1) keep him in the crib as long as possible, cuz the minute he gets out, you lose control of where he goes and when. 2) just brush him no matter how much he doesn't like it. It's better than if have to put him in the dentist's chair for cavities. 3) toddlers may not understand the concept of colors until they're 4 or so.
Evan's language skills have been developing at an astounding pace. He shocked us the other day by reciting a couple of chinese poems he learned at daycare. True his pronunciation isn't perfect but it's amazing that he remembered so many verses. One of the poems he recited was maybe 50 words or more. He likes Click Clack Moo (Cows that type) book and video and will say "click clack moo" over and over. The cow remains his favorite animal though he has started to take a little Curious George monkey doll around with him and calls him "Georgie". He can spell out cow: "C... o... w, cow!". He recognizes the letters O, X, and W after teaching him that one night. He seems to have bursts of learning capacity where he'll absorb and retain something indefinitely.
Evan's still not eating too well at home, though. He would take a bite and then refuse to eat further, even though he'll eat the whole thing at daycare. We probably didn't teach him properly when he was younger. We're gonna try to discipline things a bit and not let him play with food or ask him over and over if he wants to eat something. He knows when we're upset or angry but he doesn't quite know how to please us. He tried to get on my better side yesterday by asking me to hold him. Awww... hard to stay angry with him when he's so cute.
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