Beckett's 18-Month Visit

Being a silly girl in the patient room at her 18-month visit on Monday

Our little Beckett has officially broken 20 pounds! We has another great visit with the pediatrician on Monday for her 18-month-old well visit. Here's some details:

• Height is 31.5" in the 45th percentile, almost a foot taller since birth!
• Weight is 21 pounds 12 oz. (so almost 22!) in the 40th percentile
• Head circumference is 18.5" - exactly 5" bigger than her two-week visit in the 75th percentile
• They did the first autism screen asking me a series of yes or no questions - she passed with "a 100" he said, which eased my mind of course! Many she demonstrated during the exam such as "points to things she wants," "looks you in the eye for longer than 3 seconds", "climbs an object", etc. 
• We talked about my biggest concerns of hers (e.g., throwing food, throwing toys in frustration, etc.) and he said they were totally normal and to just continue avoiding saying "no" as much as possible since they think it's a game, and to instead try to avoid the problem all together until she is through the stage or do substitutions (e.g., playing with an iPhone just replace with a toy vs. saying no; throwing food - give only a one bite at a time, etc.)
• We talked through potty training and he strongly suggested waiting until 2, but did say to go ahead and talk about the potty, let her join us in the bathroom, get a potty, etc. She is showing several signs of readiness but not all, and he said this is on right track with her age and gender.
• He confirmed that I can go ahead and do nuts and peanutbutter and all - he actually said for our next baby they say you can do it as early as 4 months! It's changed again - shocker! So, we'll try that this week - I'm excited. :)
•  She was given her last vaccinations and of course she turned bright red and cried and pouted until we got to the elevator - she looks so betrayed afterwards - eek!

That was pretty much it! One big takeaway for me was to sign up for a CPR class. It's funny - when we were looking at daycares we always asked if all caretakers were CPR trained, but yet I take care of her 24/7 and haven't been properly trained! So, I'd like to cover that off this fall just in case something were to happen now that she's such an eater and is at the age still where most everything she finds ends up in her mouth.

So all in all, another good visit! Our next well visit won't be until she is 2 years old!