15 Months Old!

Yesterday, we visited the doctor for the girls' 15 month wellness checkup. Daddy came along and helped, and I'm so glad he did! Usually Aunt Cassie would help, but she's busy now with her own baby Emma! With two, the visit lasted nearly an hour and a half, and I love that our doctor spends so much time talking with us and answering all of our questions. She has 3 kids of her own, so she's right there with us! A few highlights from the visit, included their weight coming in at: Claire: 21 lbs, 0 oz. Caroline: 20 lbs, 15 oz. So, just one ounce apart...pretty much their entire life has been that way, no more than about 3 ounces away from each other. They are both right around 30 inches as well (we had to remeasure a few times, so I'm not totally sure the exact number they wrote in their charts). Again, more indications that they are identical...right now, we are not paying $200 for a DNA test to find out for sure. We can always do that later. We talked about sweet Caroline's inclination to swat Claire and how to help her realize this is not how to show love to her sister. She is also going to "nap boot camp," and Mommy is going to let her cry it out and not randomly pick her up because that is just reinforcing her behavior. I love our doctor and all the research she knows!

Both girls are doing well, and I'm excited because this is the last visit for a while where they got three shots all at one time. That was not too fun for any of us!

Next visit...18 months!