15-month stats...

These are Josiah's stats from our latest well-visit to the doc: He weighs 19 lbs. 11 oz. (3rd percentile) and is 30.5 in. tall (25 percentile!). Woohoo for his height!!

Since reducing Josiah's zantac dosage to once a day, the doc wants him to stay on this single dosage until he's 18-mos b/c he frequently will choke when he's drinking liquids. Just a precaution. Otherwise, we haven't seen any other effects of his reflux. Praise God!

Josiah wakes up a lot around 5:30 am, and the doc said this is normal. She said it's similar to when we wake up early in the morning, look at the clock, and say, "Oh, good! It's only 5:00 in the morning. I can sleep more!" (Well, for most of us...) She said the body naturally wakes in the early morning and Josiah will learn eventually to just go back to sleep! =) I am grateful though he'll just cry for a few minutes and stop. And we can leave him in his crib until we get him at 7:30. I have no idea what he does for 2 hours awake in his crib, but when the crying is done, he usually doesn't fuss anymore. And that's a huge blessing for tired mommas who need their rest and then some!

Monkey's head size is still very small (3rd percentile). The doc brought up the slight possibility of having to do a CT scan in the future, but isn't worried at all at this point since Josiah is developing normally and is hitting all his milestones. [The CT scans are kinda a last resort when they suspect something is wrong due to the risks of the scans (i.e. brain cancer)]. We'd only discuss this further if Josiah's head ever begins to measure below his growth curve for about 3 doctor's visits in a row. (This is something the neurosurgeon wanted the pediatrician to keep an eye on.) As long as Josiah's head stays in proportion to the rest of his body he's fine. And since there isn't anything we can do about this at all, we are just trusting the Lord's will in this.

Lastly, Josiah needs to start taking a vitamin. Don't remember starting William on one so early though...

We are incredibly grateful for how the Lord continues to sustain and bless our baby boy with good health. It seems that there are a host of things that could go "wrong" with Josiah, so we have been in awe that the Lord would spare him of having to experience any of these difficult possibilities. So very thankful... especially thankful for the gift that our Smiles is to us.