18 months: The age at which your baby is finally developing abilities that a chimp never will.
(Saw this in Parenting Magazine and thought it was interesting! Difficult to believe, though...) This morning we went for Vivian's 18 month well-check with Dr. B. Aaron went with me and I am so thankful because she got 4 shots and had to have blood drawn from a vein in her arm. He said I wouldn't have been strong enough to hold her down!
We had lots of questions and I was happy with all of the answers:
-She doesn't drink milk and that's no problem.
-The difference in the size of her pupils is not the result of an injury (she had a couple of bad falls back in the summer) but it is a condition called Anisocoria that is more than likely no big deal. We might have to go to an opthamologist later on but probably not.
-We expressed concern about her language development but he asked us several questions and based on our answers, he says there is nothing to worry about. She will start progressing really fast and have no lasting delay.
-There is nothing we can do about her holding her breath when she cries. It is not damaging to her...just scary for us! It's been getting worse lately it seems...she doesn't breathe for a long time and her face and lips turn blue and she acts like she's going to pass out. He said even if she does pass out it is no problem...lots of kids do it and God will not let her die because of this :)

I didn't write down her stats but I remember she weighed a little more than 23 pounds and had gained an inch or two in length and a half an inch on her head circumference.
Healthy kid! And so fun these days!