Kovi had his 12 month check-up with one of his favorite peds, Dr. Goudelock. At 20lbs and 29 1/2 inches, he's zoomed into the 20th%, up significantly from the 2nd%. YIPPIE!
Technically he does yet qualify for the new Big Boy carseat Ci-Ci and Papa purchased for him, but we're thinking if we have him suck down a juicy cup and wear his favorite dinosaur Vans, he aught to clear the weight requirement. Poor tiny little boy.
**And now...I'll brag**
The doctor complimented Kovi on being "ahead of the curve." Linguistically, he speaks 10-15 words- 10 being very clear, the other 5 are deciferable by us. His comprehension of language goes far, far beyond that. Yesterday while waiting for Dr. Fat Fingers, Kovi flipped through Parent Magazine, noting the faces of babies, their eyes and noses. He continued flipping through, rather engrossed in the process (oh, so much fun) of page-turning. Pausing on a particular page, with his pointer finger (a newer skill) landed on an image and began poking, poking at it. Upon closer inspection, BD and I noticed he was "pushing the buttons" on a musical table toy that he has here at home. Slightly stunned...we looked at one another and said, "Uhhhh...." (enter Dr. FF...the fun hits a size 16 shoe brick wall- THIS is gonna hurt)
This isn't to say that Kovi won't grow up to be the kid that eats paste or play dough or something, but right now, today, he is a very smart baby. (He git it from hiz Mama...) =) (ok, ok...Big Daddy too)
In the meantime, we continue to stimulate him with new sounds, music, gestures etc... he's a tiny little sponge, absorbing everything we throw (not literally) at him. A lot of what he does, he's learned through us- Soooo Big and the location of body parts- but many other things, he's discovered on his own. To me, that is the really crazy and incredible stuff. Given the opportunity to ingest and learn as adults, even for 1 day, at the rate babies do, would be unfathomable. Surely, it would HAVE to improve the number of stupid drivers.
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