Kiley Stats

We just had Kiley's 15 month appointment. She weighs 24 pounds and is around the 75th percentile in height and weight I believe. We didn't blog about it, but at her last check-up, the Dr. heard a heart murmur and also referred us to an opthomologist to check her eyes, since esp. her left one is sometimes pointed a little inward. In earlier photos, she looks cross-eyed in a few. Even though that had gotten better, I had a stranger stop me and tell me about his son's eyes and recommend I see a specialist for Kiley. So, we mentioned it to the Dr. and he said that if we saw any evidence of a 'lazy eye' past 9 months that he was supposed to refer us. The good news is that the eye specialist told us last month we have nothing to worry about, and this month our pediatrician heard no signs of the heart murmur. Kiley is a perfectly healthy toddling little girl.

She has a few words. Her first real word that she uses in context and consistently is Bye-bye. She will wave and say bye-bye - initially often not until the person was out the door, but more appropriately now. She says 'mo' and does the sign for more when she wants more food or drink, and now really when she really wants... something, anything. She can say 'Mama' and 'Papa', but doesn't do it on any regular basis. When she's upset, she will sometimes cry 'mamamamamama' very adamantly. I think we've written about this before, but she has said clearly, 'ball' and 'doggie' - but she doesn't use them regularly. The other word she says a lot now is 'Wow'. I didn't realize how often I use that word, but realize I use it as my personal clean expletive - whenever something surprises me. She's caught on and now whenever I say it I hear her going 'wow... wow... wow...' Pretty funny :)

Kiley now has two top teeth and two bottom teeth. She has that same gap between the top teeth that Sydney had with her baby teeth, and if you look at a photo of Sydney this age and compare it to Kiley there is a huge similarity. It will be interesting to see how that shakes out as Kiley gets older.