Pediatrician

I noticed we hadn't scheduled an 18-month checkup at Cale's previous checkup, so we went this morning. Cale is now 33 inches tall, just 4 inches shorter than Karston although Karston looks taller than that. Cale weighed 23 pounds, 0.8 ounces with a hat size of 19 inches. (Those specs are 50th percentile, except his weight is the 10th percentile on my charts. That seems odd given how much he eats and how round his belly is, so I don't think he really should weigh any more.)

He got a mostly clean bill of health, except that he had some fluid behind his eardrum. It's not an ear infection, but if it doesn't drain on its own, we need to do something about it. Not only does that fluid increase his chances of an ear infection, it also muffles his hearing. Muffled hearing could explain why he hasn't been talking as much (if he can't hear well, he doesn't know what language sounds to imitate!), and since that's a skill he should be working on now, we may need to clear his ears for him. I suspect he started talking less when his ears filled up, and I am looking forward to that road block removal.

His doctor wanted to see his ears in a couple weeks. Since at his age he gets his flu shot in two doses a month apart, we'll do both follow-up items in a month.