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Our not so little newborn is now a full fledged toddler! With the full on terrible two’s to go along with it too.

We had a very low key birthday for Mikey this year because daddy was still not feeling so well from his last round of chemo. We ended up celebrating a week late at Disney and had a GREAT time there.

Yesterday I took Mikey to the pediatrician for his 2 year appointment. Well my not so little guy is weighing in at 30lbs and is 34in tall. He was weighed AND measured on a normal scale not the way a baby gets weighed and measured *sniff*

He had bloodwork to check his hemoglobin and lead levels. He didn’t cry at the prick at all! Doc didn’t think there was a need to check cholesterol yet since at his age they’d recommend dietary changed anyways. The doc also usually recommends against the flu shot but said that even this year he got one for the first time since it’ll hit more young people than before. I went ahead and got Mikey vaccinated since they has the preservative free vaccine and since I got vaccinated because of his daddy’s compromised immune system.

I also asked about milk and he wanted us to stay on whole milk until he is 3 because it’s good for brain development. Even though he said his weight is high for his height he wasn’t worried enough to switch him to a lower fat milk. I’m in no rush to make the switch.

After our trip this past weekend we decided that we will be converting Mikey’s crib to a toddler bed this weekend since instead of sleeping in his peapod at the hotel we had him sleep in the bed next to us with bed rails. He did fantastic in such a large bed so he should do pretty good in a smaller bed. Guess we’ll see.