18th Month + Crossing the 10kg mark + 5-in-1 Booster Jab + Fever 15 Aug '09

We brought Ashlynn to the polyclinic to take her 5-in-1 booster jab today, exactly on her 18th month. She also had her assessment done with the doctor. She finally crossed the 10kg mark!!! She is 10.2 kg and 81.2 cm tall. Weight is in the 50th percentile and height is in the 75 percentile. At 18 months, she

• speaks more than 3 words other than papa and mama
• eats well (hard to feed her at times so we don't consider her as not eating well)
• drinks milk
• sleeps well
• does not rub her eyes when she is not tired
• responds to sound from sources which are out of her sight. e.g. telephone ringing, her name being called
• picks up tiny objects with her fingers
• stack cubes
• point to her body parts without prompting
• imitate mummy doing housework
• walks steadily
• happy and contented most of the time
• not often irritable

The next appointment is when she is 3 years old. The nurse told us that she will receive a certificate after her 3rd year assessment. Daddy and I felt that the cert thing is a joke.

After we reached home and she had taken her lunch, she started to feel warm. But temperature was still within acceptable range, so we proceeded to bring her for her LNT lesson. We foresee that she might be send home if her temperature shoots up. Luckily it was 37.1 degree celcius when we reached there, so she went on with the lesson. Could tell that she was tired and not as energetic as usual.

After her lesson, we brought her to visit my grandma. She fell asleep before we reached. When she woke up to see so many unfamiliar faces, she went into a crying fit and was sobbing pitifully. We left shortly after. We had dinner at EastPoint instead of our intial plan of shopping at Tampines. Her voice is hoarse from the screaming and crying. And her temperature rose to 37.9 degree celcius.

What a way to celebrate her 18th month.

Mummy