15 Month Checkup

Yesterday we went to the doc for Eleanor's 15 month appointment. Everything looks good. She weighs 28 lbs, 10.5 oz (97th percentile) and measures 32.5 inches (90th percentile). She also had to get a couple shots (MMR, chickenpox, and flu) and those are never fun. But she handled them like a champ and was fully recovered when we got home.

Last week EKG and I joined Wendy on a business trip to the Cleveland area. And let me tell ya a hotel room is way too small for our 15 month old destructo, especially after being cooped up in the car for 2 hours. Within the first few minutes she threw some toys out of her bag, opened the dresser drawers removing the keyboard and bible, pulled the sheets off the bed, kissed herself in the full length mirror, started grabbing tissues out of the dispenser that was designed at toddler height, disturbed me in the bathroom, tried to climb on the desk chair, banged on the hotel door, opened and closed the drawers again, opened the mini fridge, disturbed Wendy in the bathroom, took toys out of another bag, and she kept going from one "station" to another. It looked like a tornado hit our room. By the way this series of running around and getting into everything is a regular occurrence, but at home we have everything child proofed unlike the hotel.


I had planned on taking her somewhere for entertainment while Wendy was training and during breakfast someone mention the Childrens Museum of Cleveland. So after we dropped off Mom we hit the road to see what it was all about. The place is a lot of fun for kids, although I think Nora would appreciate more when she is a bit older.


The Museum in 100% hands on and has a variety of rooms with different themes. They have a house set, a grocery store and bank, several cars, and a fruit market with velcro trees and fruit. We also walked through a room set up like a barnyard with all kinds of animals, tractors, and a barn with a slide.
They also have a few vehicles kids can climb in, including this car that makes starting noises and a horn that honks. This car also had an open hood with tolls to repair it and removable tires and was clearly the hit of the museum. I had to stop Eleanor a couple of times from pushing an older boy out of the drivers seat. I placed her in the passenger seat and he wouldn't "drive" until she was buckled in, but even after that she kept trying to push him out. When he leaned over to talk to his mom she grabbed the wheel. Have we mentioned how strong willed she has become?