18 Month Check-Up

Maryn had her 18 month check-up today. She grew quite a bit in length, over 2 inches in 3 months!!! She's now up to 33 inches tall :) And the weight is slowly but surely coming. She put on 1 lb 13 oz. since our last official check-up putting her at 21 lb and 13 oz. Still pretty small for an 18 month old, especially for an 18 month old of her height. She took a big jump in her percentages for length, from being in the 50th percentile pretty consistently her entire life up to the 80th percentile this time around! And her weight percentage has remained fairly consistent - she was around the 8th percentile at her 15 month appointment and it was at about the 10th percentile today.

The doctor said that her ears looked great (after having two ear infections this winter) and that she is very healthy and active for her age! The only concern we have is regarding Maryn's hearing. Josh and I have noticed that she doesn't seem to always be able to hear in situations where there is a lot of background noise. We discussed this today at her appointment and we are going to see an audiologist with Maryn in a few weeks. They will start off with a simple hearing test and hopefully that will give us some answers. The doctor said the answer could be as simple as she's at the lovely age where she likes to ignore us. Totally feasible given her personality, but we want to make sure. Dr. Sterling said that at her young age that there are many things we can do to correct hearing loss (if that is the case) so we should get on it early. We'd rather be safe than sorry.