15 Month Appointment

Okay so I took Carson in for the regular check up last week. It feels like you spend most of your time at the dr for the first few years of a child's life. Seriously. Well it hit me that Carson is growing up so fast. They had him stand on the scale and I almost cried. He is too big for the baby scale we used to lay him on. I almost wanted to clap because I was so proud of him for standing on the scale like a big boy. How pathetic am I. Anyhoo, Carson only weighs 20.1 lbs. He is such a skinny little man. That puts him in the 4th, yes that is right 4th percentile for weight. Carson was super tired when we went in and all he wanted was his bottle. Well I was hiding it because I knew the doctor would give me a hard time if he saw Carson with the bottle. He told me at his 12 month appointment it was time for the bottle to go. I just couldn't do it. I mean really how do you take a bottle away from your little man. He just loves it. I was seriously doing anything possible to keep him occupied. Well the dr started asking about his eating habits (which are HORRIBLE...seriously the kid doesn't eat). He asked about the bottle and I was going to lie and say he rarely takes it but I just blurted out the truth. So once again I got a little talking too about how I need to get him off the bottle. I still didn't want to and at that moment had not intensions of taking it away. Well we found out too Carson has a double ear infection. I had no idea. What kind of mom doesn't know their kid has an ear infection. Well we walked out of there with a prescription, a sucker, and one sad boy with a bandaid from his shot. Overall Carson is a very healthy,cute....and SKINNY BOY!!

**UPDATE **

Good News is...Carson is off the bottle. Yes I finally committed myself to weaning from the bottle and we have done it. It really wasn't that hard and Carson has done well. I hope I haven't emotionally scarred him forever. He seems okay. I am happy to say the kid actually does eat and he eats a lot. Seriously I think the kid has eatten more this past week than he has the past year. He is constantly hungry. It is actually kind of nice. We went to lunch the other day with my sisters and he ate. That never happens. In fact he stole Mindi's corndog and started chowing down. I have serciously just been in awe because it was always such a struggle to get him to eat and now he has no problem. It's great. Guess the doctor was right!!!

*Carson loves DOGS, blowing, bubbles, reading, books, Lexi and Logan, popsicles, chocolate, Swimming, being outside and his latest...Food- especially pasta, pb&J, yogurt and string cheese!
*He tries to say say everything we say. It sounds so cute when he says words like outside, purple, horse, bubble, grandma, grandpa, Babes, Nat, Min, doctor, shoes, bottle, and much more

*He has little Nike sandals that he just loves. He acts like he is so cool and owns the world when he wears them.

*Loves to be independent and walk everywhere by himself.

*Runs away from me and laughs when I tell him to come back

*Throws EVEYTHING on the floor and laughs

*Thinks when you count to 3 you are supposed to throw something

*Loves to play golf

*Doesn't cry when you put him down for naps/bed (it is a much welcomed change in our home)
* Says "no, no, no" and shakes his finger when he is doing something he isn't supposed to

*Really loves his grandparents and gets so excited when they are around

Carson just gets more fun everyday and I tell Chill everyday I am so in love with our Little Man