Brennan's 5 Year and Tyler's 2 Year Stats

Tuesday, August 6, was a day of appointments.  The boys had dentist appointments at 9 and then were scheduled to see the pediatrician at 1:30.  Brennan always does well at the dentist and this appointment was no exception.  I was happy to hear that they felt he was doing a good enough job brushing that he can continue to do that on his own.  He still has space between his molars, so no x-rays yet.  I wasn't sure what to expect for Tyler.  At 2, Brennan wouldn't even sit in the chair, much less for a cleaning, so we ended up having the appointment in their nursery room, where the dentist briefly looked into Brennan's mouth and painted a fluoride treatment on his teeth.  My expectations were very low for Tyler's first dental visit, but he ended up doing pretty good!  After watching Brennan in the chair, he was willing to climb in, but did not want Brennan to stay with him!  He was sort of watching the Diego video that Brennan picked and was pretty intrigued by the water squirter.  He could be coaxed into laying back in the chair with the promise of a drink from the water squirter.  He ended up allowing the hygienist to do a full cleaning with the electric toothbrush.  I couldn't get a picture though - every time I pulled out my phone, he tried to jump out of the chair.

Onto the pediatrician that afternoon, both boys did well.  Brennan weighed 51 pounds (93%) and was 46 inches tall (3 feet 10 inches, also 93%.)  Brennan's blood pressure and hearing checked out, but the doctor suggested seeing an eye doctor to assess if Brennan needs glasses, since the pediatrician's screening showed his vision was 50/20.  Tyler weighed 28.5 lb (55%) and was 38 inches tall (97%.)  He is right on track with his milestones and is looking good!  He just had one shot, the Hep A booster.  Tyler handled the booster shot better than Brennan handled his little hemoglobin pin prick test.  I left the office with both boys in tears, but they survived!  At two years old, the speech milestone is to put two words together.  Tyler is definitely meeting that milestone.  He says quite a few sentences, mostly starting with, "I want..."  Such as, "I want a movie, Cars, vrooom!"  In general, Tyler talks a lot, far more than Brennan did at this age.  His baby jargon is starting to turn more into real words though.  Before I lose all of that unintelligible chatter, I thought I'd better get some on video.  Enjoy!