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The 15 Month Check Up

It was originally scheduled this past Monday, but he had a fever. Since he was getting his immunization shots, I had to cancel the appointment. I couldn’t reschedule the appointment until his fever is gone.

After some Tylenol, Little Mochi’s fever was gone by Wednesday. So Friday morning, I called the pediatrician’s office to see if I could bring him in that afternoon for his shots. They squeezed me in at 4:45 pm.

The nurse told me that I technically should wait at least 4 days after the fever to give him his hots. But since it was only one day, we decided to go forward.

She did the routine check up. Asked about his development, measured his height, weight, and temperature.

Height = 31 inches
Weight = 24.7 lbs
Temp = 99.5.

Uh oh. 99.5 degrees. Since the temperature was measured through the ears, that’s a low grade fever. The doc said it should be ok to give the shots, but it’s really up to the parent to decide if they would rather wait or not.

If I had known that he had a very small fever, I would have scheduled the visit for next Monday. I really didn’t feel comfortable with giving Little Mochi the shot since you never know how they will react to any immunization shots. So I postponed it to next Monday.

Great. Another $10 for the copay plus 20 miles of freeway getting to the office and another 20 miles getting back home. Plus the time. I wish I would have just given him the shot. But at least I know he won’t be reacting differently or more sensitively to the agents in the shot. Little Mochi will also be getting the flu shot so an even more reason not to go through with the immunizations. I have always, always gotten terribly sick after I get a flu shot.

On the physical development side, however, Little Mochi seems to be doing quite well. He is able to feed himself finger foods quite well, drinks out of a straw, is able to chew quite well, and is running now. After visiting my aunt’s kid (who is 5 weeks younger than Little Mochi is and crawls as fast as Little Mochi can walk), he finally learned to crawl. How backwards is that!

The only thing that Little Mochi needs improvement on is his speech. I think he’s a little slow in that area. My cousin’s kid, who is 2 weeks older than Little Mochi, is already has a lot of words in his vocabulary. Little Mochi is still babbling baby talk. He’s quite good at pointing at things and saying “Oh!” but that’s about it. I think he’s almost ready to talk, though. He’s definitely been babbling a lot more these past few weeks.

The Doc did say that we shouldn’t be too concerned about his speech just yet. Yes, he should be able to call Mom or Dad or any other 3 words, but boys tend to be slower than girls. In addition, Little Mochi is surrounded by 3 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Who wouldn’t get confused if their trying to learn to talk?

If your child has not spoken his first 3 words by 18 months, according to my pediatrician, you should consider seeing a speech therapist. He gave me a number to call in the Northern Orange County area. But if you google Speech Therapist in your area, you should be able to find one. I am reluctant to call because they will teach Little Mochi English. He can learn that in kindergarten. I really would rather have Little Mochi learn Chinese, Cantonese or Mandarin, first so that he can be bilingual. I really want to take advantage of that opportunity.

Don’t let the cost of speech therapy be a reason for not getting your child help. The cost of speech therapy is actually free. It is paid for by our tax dollars.

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A Few Pics From the Birthday Party

Yay! Look at me! I’m ONE!

Oh My! Look at this balloon!

Can I play too? It’s my birthday!

Yup, that’s right, I’m the Birthday Prince!

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They Sure Grow Fast!

Growing older and getting into mischief. (Well, not really. Daddy had put him there)

Loves to rip paper into little pieces. Strange but a great way to quiet him down when he’s crying. Thank goodness he doesn’t put those little pieces of paper into his mouth. He’s not into putting things into his mouth…at least not yet!

He sure loves his keyboard! Perhaps we can work on his vocal chords as soon as he learns to talk so he can be our next American Idol!

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Baby’s First Christmas, Part II

Last month, on Nov 26, I posted a story about how we took our Little Mochi to the mall and took Christmas pictures of him in his cute little Santa’s outfit. I just wanted to follow up on that story and tell you what we ended up doing with all those pictures.

Most of the pictures turned out really well. Half of them were taken candidly, which I love. I really hate those pictures where you pose and give the camera a picture perfect smile. I decided to make a poster size collage for my parents and my in laws as a Christmas gift. I thought it would be a neat gift.

I did my homework to see where I could do it for cheapest. Let me tell you…Costco kicks ass in their prices. I was able to get a 12 x 18 collage made for only $2.99 each! Although it’s next day pickup, the price is unbelievable. I was so excited. I was even more excited when I picked up the poster size collage. It turned out almost perfect. Of course, there has to be a reason for why it’s so darn cheap right?

Most definately.

12 x 18 is NOT a standard photo size. I realized that after one entire day of looking around for a frame. I quickly learned that you have to custome frame it. Of course, that defeats the cheap $2.99 price.

I went to my mom’s shop’s neighbor, the Photo Store. They do custome framing. And let me just say that one of their cheapest frames is $35 a piece. And that doesn’t include the mounting or the glass. It’s just the wooden frame. (I know, I know. Professional photography hates using glass to cover their pictures. But this isn’t a professional photo…it’s a $2.99 photo for goodness sake!).

Sigh. My $2.99 inexpensive gift is now $37.99, plus the glass and mounting.

Thank goodness for Amazon! I found these pretty nice frames for $13.95 (plus $8 shipping)!

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