check-up

Levi had his two-year check-up at the doctor last night.  He checked out great!  Surprise, surprise.  :)  He is 36 inches tall, which is 92nd percentile; and 32 pounds, which is 90th percentile.  Since it's fun to compare, at their two-year visit, Caleb was 37 1/2 inches tall (>100th percentile) and 30 pounds (75th percentile); and Logan was 34 inches tall (40th percentile) and 26 pounds (25th percentile).

Levi did get a little shy for the doctor - tucks his head into my shoulder, sucks his thumb, and won't talk.  Although, he didn't have trouble saying good-bye as the doctor was walking out!  :)  He sat pretty good for stuff, though.

The biggest thing I wanted to ask the doctor about was the reaction Levi had to peanut butter last summer.  I've avoided giving him peanut butter (or majorly peanuty things) since, but haven't been careful about whether something may contain peanut oil or things like that and he's been fine, so we do know he's not SUPER sensitive.  The doctor said he would probably just to continue to avoid peanut butter for now.  We could get some basic bloodwork done to see if certain levels of something test high, then if they do he'd pass us on to an allergist (which is where things start to get expensive), but he wasn't pushing for that right now.  He also said that if it was his own kid he might try just giving him some peanut butter again now that it's been awhile, and just be prepared with the Benadryl.  :)  He understands that I might not be comfortable with that since I'm not a doctor, and would rather not handle an allergic reaction.  :)

I did ask about Levi's thumb sucking.  Basically, he said we don't have to make a huge deal of it, but should probably try and limit it to bedtime (if we want to save money on braces down the road...).

Given that Levi has two big brothers the doctor wasn't all that surprised that he's been using the potty quite a bit.  But, he was surprised that he started his training with #2, usually it's the other way around.

Levi got a balance bike from Grandma and Grandpa VanBeek, and he loves it!  Basically, it's a bike without pedals and first you walk with it, then as you get better you can pick up your feet and glide.  The idea is that the chances of falling are much less because you naturally put your feet out to catch yourself, and then when he's ready for a bigger bike he shouldn't need training wheels.  Anyways, so far this spring he has really enjoyed riding around on one of the boys' bikes (he can't pedal, I have to push him), so I was hoping he'd be happy to have his own two-wheeled bike, and he really likes it!

We've barely had any spring around here, and we're already behind on yard work!  Sigh.