Dr. Crow's Visit

On Friday, Jack and I headed to the pediatrician's office for his 15 month check-up.  I'm always curious to find out his weight and height and what the percentile's are.  This time was no different.  It never fails that each week as we're out in public I get a few comments like:  "he's so tall!", 

so I wanted some facts to back that up.  

23 lbs, 9.5 oz

So, what's the percentile you ask??  25-50th!!  He actually has dropped slightly from the trajectory he was on for weight.  I guess that's because he's getting so stinkin' tall.  He's 32 3/4 inches tall now which places him in the 90th percentile for height.  So, I guess all those people in public are right about him being tall.  

A few other interesting facts I learned while at the visit:

*Jack has chipped his front two teeth (sounds like he's following in my footsteps) but it's hardly noticeable and apparently happens to lots of kids because of their brittle teeth at this age

* Dr. Crow mentioned that Jack was "unusual" for his age in that he was so easy to examine.   Jack actually reached out his arms to him so they could look out the window!  I think I have MDO to thank for this :)

* The runny nose and cough that Jack's had lately is likely due to allergies.  Who knew??  I'm not really one to have allergies, so I guess I never thought my child would either.  

*Apparently we are all hard-wired to look for certain traits in the opposite sex.  For males, they look at females' behinds (maybe not consciously) to determine their aptitude for reproduction.  Females on the other hand, look for height in males.  Dr. Crow shared this fact after I said I was glad to have a tall little boy.  I felt a little bad after saying that though considering Dr. Crow is probably 5'6".