Ben at Two Months, Sophie at Eighteen Months

Today we took Ben and Sophie to the pediatrician for their two-month and eighteen-month check-ups.

Both had gained an inch in height. Ben now weighs 13 pounds, 9 ounces. Sophie is 22 pounds, 30 inches. Ben is about 80th percentile in height and 90th for weight. Sophie remains about 10th for height and 20th for weight. If they keep going like that he’s going to catch up to her soon.

The doctor asked if Ben was smiling and cooing. I said yes and then turned to him and gave him a prompt, “Hi, Ben!” in a breathy voice that usually makes him smile. Sure enough, he turned on his smile and began to laugh and coo. He’s such a charmer!

The doctor asked how many words Sophie knew and Dom and I were stumped. I’d never thought to count. “Ten?” she asked. Oh way, way more than ten. “Twenty-five?” At the very least. Seems like it’s many, many more than that. I decided to write up a list when we got home. I’m at about 90 and I’m not sure I’ve got them all. I figured I’d list them here because it’s interesting to see what she knows:

alleluia (always sung)
amen (always sung)
apple (bapple)
arm
avocado (‘cado)
baby
ball
banana
band (as in rubber band for her hair)
bath
Bella
belly
Ben
blanket
book
boom
bottle
bottom
bowl
box
bread
brother
bubble
bunny
butter (also used for peanut butter)
button
bye
car
chair
cheese
clock
cow
cracker
dada
diaper
dinner
dog
doll
down
dressed
dresser
duck
ear
egg
eye
fall
finger
flower
foot
go
hair
hand
hat
head
hi
jacket
Jenny Jenkins
keys
knee
leg
light
lobster
love
machine
mama
mine
moo
moon
more
mouth
neck
night-night
no
nose
orange
ouch
out
outside
pancake
pants
phone
pillow
pizza
plane
please
Pooh (generic word for any teddy bear)
pray
quack
rice
rice cake
rock
roll
rosary
run
shirt
shoes
shoulder
slide
socks
Sophie
soup
splash
spoon
spray
star
story
strawberry
stuck
swing
teeth
thank you
that
toe
tongue
toothbrush
towel
tree
Tree
truck
tunnel
up
uh-oh
want
water
woof
yes