I was also informed by daycare that they needed Cole’s shot records. I had thought he was up to date, not realizing 6 months had passed since we saw Dr. Johnson. How could I forget? My friends (you know who you are) joke that he’s not really a doctor in real life, but plays one on tv. He looks like a soap opera doctor. Needless to say that I usually remember when I see Dr. Johnson since it’s a running joke now that a few of my lady friends see him as their GP.  When we got to the office Cole was sleepy and clinging to my lap with his blanket and pacy securely in place. Dr. Johnson & I went through Cole’s development & we got the usual comment about the nice coif my son wears. “Such a good looking little guy! Are you going to have more soon?” Well, actually “yes, we’re expecting”. He was very excited for our family & after the usually chit-chat, we were happy to report Cole is up to 30% for height but still hanging at 20% for weight. We’re making some progress people! Whoo hoo.  But, I was stumped when Dr. Johnson asked me to name the words Cole says. I was drawing a blank. I could name 5. You see the problem is that Cole doesn’t use any words consistently. Instead, he uses sign language which he picks up very quickly. The question of speech delay has been raised. Does Cole need to go to a speech specialist? We’re going to wait a few months to find out. I just can’t believe that my own child, MY child, would have speech delay. I’m just such a talker that it never occurred to me that maybe Cole wouldn’t be. The funny part is, now that I’m paying attention to the words Cole uses I realized that all along I’ve thought he’s been saying “Momma”, but he’s really asking for “more milk”. Eric pointed this out. Everytime he’d say “Momma” Cole was signing milk at the same time.  I’m not sure if he’s ever really asked for me. Although, today he did say “Momma” and did the sign for Mommy. So it’s a toss up if he wants Mommy or milk. Hmph.

Valentine’s Day Cole opened up his presents from us. He received bubbles, m&ms, and a toddler remote control car. All three were a hit. Although, I’m not good at the bubbles so that’s something that will never be on my mommy resume. For some reason, it doesn’t work for me, but Cole and Eric were happy playing with the bubbles while Mom watched & Maple tried to eat them all. The little car is cute. I picked it up at Target, my home away from home. It has one button and every time you push the button it alternates between moving forward and spinning, so this makes it easy to work. Cole just holds the button down while he walks attending to his other toys & then he’ll return to where the car has gone.

Oh & we’ve seen the effects of sugar on my child & it ain’t pretty. Cole was given otter pops one night & pancakes with maple syrup another and he turned into a little sugar baby. His feet were moving so fast, he could have been an extra on Footloose. The “dancing” was followed by repeated laps screaming running around the coffee table. We did catch this on tape. So we’re laying off the sugar, for Cole anyway. I was a bit jealous wishing I had that much energy after pancakes; they just make me want to go back to bed.