Two year check-up

Everett had his two year check-up today. Here's the highlights:
- He weighed 29.8 lbs and measured 36" tall which put him in the 75th percentile for his age.
- I was told to switch him to skim milk and start giving him vitamins. Flintstone vitamins are now on the shopping list.
- The doctor didn't think his molars are coming in yet ... I thought they might have been to blame for Everett's very fussy moods the past couple days but I guess not. He had the biggest meltdown David and I had yet to witness last night and we never could figure out what triggered it.
- His eyes were tested and there were no vision problems detected.
- The doctor was concerned about Everett's limited vocabulary. At his age we should be able to understand at least 50 words that he says and I estimated he's only saying about 15 words really clearly. I was referred to a company that will come to the house and do a speech assessment. I'll call them tomorrow for an appointment.
- It's time to ween him off the pacifier. And we think he's fussy now ... Yikes! I bet we're in for a LOT of whining in the near future. We decided to wait until this weekend to start hiding the pacifiers. The doctor said using a pacifier could also impede his speech development. Ironically, Everett used to only use his pacifier at nap and bed time. His school recently told me he fell asleep without his paci so they suggested weening him off of it at school. He's gone almost a week at school without one ... now when he gets home it's one of the first things he wants and he uses it much more often. I guess I should have also been simultaneously weening him from it at home. My concern was trying to ween one child off a pacifier when there's a newborn in the house who has one. Wish us luck!
- The doctor guessed it would be another 4 or 5 months before we should start thinking about potty training.
- E received one vaccine - HepA - the tears lasted all of 2 seconds. He was a really happy camper when we left and he got to pick out his lollipop and dinosaur sticker.
We stopped by Gigi and Baba's on our way home to pick up Pryce and eat some lunch. Everett went down for a nap as soon as we got home and slept for 3 1/2 hours. Unfortunately, I think he may have gotten a little too much sleep as it was after 10pm before we got him to sleep tonight. I hope that doesn't mean we're in for a cranky kid in the morning!