For the Record

Dane had his 12 month well visit today. No ear infection (Hallelujah!), just lots of teething. Early on, Dane had lots of symptoms of teething, and it took forever for the teeth to cut. It seems these days he has no symptoms, other than touching his ears a lot, and his teeth pop before we can know it.
He checked out great. The doctor commented several times about how active Dane was, and he was doing all he could to keep her hands off him. He screamed bloody murder while they gave him his shots, but a couple minutes of cuddling with Mommy made him feel better. He was back to banging and yelling and playing in no time.
His height was 30.5 inches (75%) and he weighed 19 pounds even, which puts him just above the 5%. The doctors are no longer concerned about his weight.
The doctors give you this survey to fill out about your child's motor/communication/cognitive/etc. skills. I kept laughing as I filled it out thinking "Boy, does he!". There were questions like:

• "Does your child hold toys in both hands and bring them together?". Dane bangs together remote controls and cell phones and the baby monitor and whatever else he can get his tiny, sneaky hands on like he's trying out for cymbals in the marching band!
• "Does your child throw an object in a forward overhand motion?". Dane will actually throw his food at us when he has had his fill before we say he has.
• "Does your child walk while holding your hands for support?". Please. Dane leaves us in his dust!

Yes, Dane is completely healthy and happy. And wild. And we wouldn't have it any other way.