Matilda's 15 month checkup was this morning. Good news!—she’s average. She landed firmly in the 50th percentile for everything. Height, weight, head, and all those fun developmental indices are what you would expect out a second child, a child whose parents forget that they used to monitor those things like the weather. She did come up in the 90th percentile on the Alfred Hitchcock jowl density and buttony chin index. So there's that.
On a related note, we have decided to get her and her sister the seasonal and swine flu vaccines. They were, obviously, out of the swine, but good ol' seasonal was freshly stocked. Now that the decision is made I feel kind of funny about it. As I type this, Matilda is upstairs napping with influenza, no matter the amount, swimming around in her system.
Sadly, one day, the detachable chin will disappear; luckily we will be left with the adorable personality that goes along with it!
Posted by: Grandma Liz | November 03, 2009 at 06:58 PM
you have to read the latest Wired issue which details how the anti-vaccination movement targeted science. They have better PR basically. It's almost enough to make you sick...if you weren't vaccinated.
We got carter regular flu, no swine available here either.
Posted by: Dave T | November 03, 2009 at 09:26 PM