2 year stats

Today was Eliana's 2 year checkup. The doctor was very happy with her weight and development. We discussed the chickenpox vaccine and basically decided to wait until the baby is a year old - if she got it now, she could have a few pox for up to 3 weeks, and I can't guarantee the baby won't be born before then, and babies under a year shouldn't be exposed because they have more risks with it.

Eliana did fantastic - didn't cry, scream, or anything of the sort. A few times she whined "I wanna go home" or "time-a go bye-bye" but accepted "We have to see the doctor first" and calmed down. I think it really helped that they let her stand on the big kid scale - for some reason she hates the baby scales. The things that used to be scariest - the stethoscope and otoscope - she did just fine with. She even told the dr "'at's a skefscope, put in ears" and just watched as the dr put it on her chest and belly, then turned her head and opened her mouth for the dr to look in her ears and mouth.

Despite a lack of tears, she was exhausted afterwards. Worrying takes a lot of energy! She cuddled her blankie on the couches and the floor all afternoon until her nap, which we went in for half an hour early and she crashed within a minute.

Stats and development:

Height: 35 inches

Weight: 25.25 lbs

Teeth: all in!

Verbal:
Usually uses 4-7 word sentences, vocabulary passed 500 words 3 months ago (so I stopped counting), she talks constantly (my narrator)

Physical:
Can jump with both feet leaving the ground, tries to hop on one foot but ends up galloping, can draw pretty good circles

Preschool skills:
Counts from 1 to 14 (associated with objects, up to 6)
Counts backwards from 10 to 1
Sings alphabet song (except LMNOP is L no no no P)
Letter recognition on all upper case, a few lower case
Number recognition on 1 to 9
Colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown
Shapes: circle, square, triangle, oval, rectangle, diamond, octagon, mixes up hexagon and pentagon