Friday, June 08, 2007

Loren's **HOLY COW** 18 Month Appointment

Well as far as stats go, she is 28.5 pounds and 35 inches long. They said she is the average size of a 2.5 year old! Oh wow!

Anyway, the doctor started asking questions about her and almost fell off of her chair.

1) Does she have at least 6 words?
No she has about 150 words to 200.

2) Are you sure?
Loren said to this, "Mommy, want paci! Froggie has fours toes!"
Doctor: "OH MY GOSH!"

3) Does she sing?
Yes, she knows her ABC's, Bingo, Old McDonald, etc.
To which the Doctor's jaw hit the floor especially when Loren started to actually sing the entire ABC's

4) What else does she do that is this advanced?
She can count to ten without help. Again the doctor's jaw hit the floor.

5) What kind of things does she do physically?
She hangs, she swings by her arms, walks on balance beams, jumps, etc.

The doctor said that after observing her he was amazingly impressed with her. He said she is doing things he doesn't even expect most of his 3 year olds to be able to do. The doctor said, "You are going to have your hands full aren't you!?!"

I thought Loren's development was "normal" but supposedly she is extremely advanced for being 18 months old. The doctor said that he has never seen an 18 month old as advanced as she is. HOLY COW!

3 comments:

Keith and Kathryn said...

She's bigger than one of my 26 month olds and probably about the same size as the other, but with a basketball player for a mom and a 6'4" dad who's really surprised???

Jonathon and Katie said...

I just can't wait until she "knows" she's smarter than you and Mike.

Rozema Family said...

GOOD ONE!