Thursday, August 23, 2007

Burrito Stories

El Burrito had his 15-month-ish checkup yesterday. He's still got the XL head (95th percentile) but his height and weight have dropped a bit to 30th and 25th, respectively. Now, he's about due for another growth spurt, and the pediatrician said height at this age involves a bit of guesswork, so I'm not worried. His grandmothers, on the other hand, will probably start trying to stuff him like a pate' goose.

He's doing better than we thought with words, though, according to the ped. She considers animal noises to count as words, and the Burrito can do cows, bears, fish-face, and at one time did a pretty good Daffy Duck impersonation (which I haven't gotten on tape yet, and he won't do it lately). I think she said she was happy with 4 or 6 words at this age, and he's got that covered, even if we don't count the words that he's said once but refuses to say again. (I swear he said "applesauce" plain as day last week, but he hasn't done it since.)

El Burrito is also thisclose to walking on his own. He can stand up on his own now, without pulling up. Loves to stand in the middle of the floor, wave his arms around, and sit back down. His favorite game is standing up on the bed, then sitting down hard enough that it bounces a little. Stand up, sit down, laugh. Lather, rinse, repeat. But boy are we in trouble when he starts walking.

Cute Burrito Story #1: El Burrito can pat his head when asked, although he gets mixed up occasionally when we branch out to "pat daddy's head" or "pat mommy's head." Pronouns, you know. So, when we were outside with Grandpa and Lexie/Lexi, Grandpa told El Burrito to pet the puppy's head. El Burrito patted himself on the head instead, and Grandpa got a kick out of it.

Story #2: Day before yesterday, he was bopping around on the floor and found his lunchtime sippy cup that I hadn't picked up yet. So he picked it up, took a sip, then stood up on his own and put the sippy on the coffee table. I said "thank you," and then he bumped the sippy and it landed in the little wastebasket. Oops.

And that's it for now.

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