Maia's 18-month appt

Well, we took little missy to the doctor today for 18 month appt. It went pretty good. She's back to growing well. Doc was worried at her 15 month because she was only 20 lbs and went way down "on the charts" . . . man do doctors ever make a huge deal about where kids are "on the charts"! I honestly wasn't too worried until he made me worried, I mean, I had weaned her from nursing at 13 months and she started walking at 13 months so she became more active and lost all those fat calories from mamma! Anyway . . .

There is a slight problem elsewhere and that is her legs. She walks funny. Not as in funny ha-ha, but funny as in it's alerted both Neil and I. Noah never did this. For the last couple weeks we've really noticed it. It's almost like one leg is longer than the other. Her left leg bows in when she walks. She trips over her legs a lot, too. Doctor noticed the problem today and so he wants to send her to a pediatric orthopedic doctor 35 minutes away in a bigger city.

But, hallelujah, I'm not too concerned. I mean, she's walking at least and it doesn't seem to bother her. But like the doctor said, it's best to see what's causing this and he said half of the time children "grow out of it", as he said. Who knows what happens to the "other half", but I'm not going to freak and I'm going to stay away from searching for answers on the internet because that will make me really worried. Lord knows I don't need anymore stressors right now.

Maia's nurse will call me today sometime to tell me when the appt is. She said that this doctor is so good that he gets patients from all over the state and so he usually has a month waiting list. I'll letcha all know when we get it scheduled and find out more.

Off to get a garage sale ready at my mom's! Adios!