oh, the irony.

well, today was e's 15 month check-up. weeeeeeeeeeee! he is definitely growing. he's now up to 23.5 pounds and 31 inches. this may not mean much to anyone else, but it means a lot to me. e is now in the 35th percentile for weight and 46th percentile for height. this is HUGE considering he had been in the 10th and 14th percentiles (respectively) at his last visit. and before that, he was in the 5th percentile for weight. i guess it's all the whole milk and cheese.

and something a little bit funny happened at the doctor's office today, too. we didn't see his regular pedi, as he was on vacation. we did see one of his colleagues, who seems to not understand the invention that is floss. anyway, he looked at e's head circumference measurement (which is in the 80th percentile) and seemed concerned. he said that he would like to re-measure his head in six weeks when he comes back for his next flu shot, and if it measures bigger he would like to send him for a ct scan to be sure there are no tumors or anything growing inside. and i laughed and said "oh, there's no need for that...he's had three ct scans in the past three weeks...everything in there is fine."

i guess the silver lining there is that being a hemophiliac (and a somewhat clumsy one at that) has it's advantages in early detection of abnormal growths in the head. or rather, reassuring us that there are none in there.