two year stats.

just got back from the doc with my dude. all is good. he's a shrimp, which i knew, and super stubborn, which i also knew.

height: 33 inches - 15%
weight: 28 lbs. - ~25%

apparently he was 3% for height at his last appointment (i must have blocked this out), so he's grown a little, but it's slow going. i asked if it was related to food consumption since he's so obstinate about eating, but she said height is really a genetics thing at this point. plus, dude breast-fed until 22 months, so there's got to be something to be said for that.

anyway. i know the percentiles are just numbers - it's a spectrum and it doesn't even really mean anything. he is slight right now but could totally have a growth spurt and shoot up like 6 inches any day now (emme grew 5 inches in 2 months between age 2 and 2.5). and just because he's little now doesn't mean he'll be little forever. etc. etc. and it's a stupid thing to even worry about, of course, but i default to wondering if i'm doing something wrong even if all evidence points to the contrary.

other than that, he was on a talking barrage in the doc's office. she said it was obvious he was showing off and also said we can skip the 2.5 year check-up since he's already hit all the milestones she would be checking for then. so that is amazing.

she also said we should be feeding him what we're eating and trying to cut back on the carby junk food he gets for snack at school. so i'll be working on that. maybe if i serve him veggies 9,000 times, he will eventually try them again. it's just so weird since he ate them until so recently. oh well.

so thankful for healthy, happy kids. even when they can be ornery, picky little monsters :).