Gerrit's 18-Month Check-Up

Holy cow, I'm really falling behind. I am not sure where the time goes. I took Gerrit in about 2 weeks ago for his 18-month check-up. He weighed 24 pounds 4 ounces (25%) and 31 inches long (50%). I have never had a child in the 50% for their height. The lowest has been 70% so this is quite a surprise. No wonder he is still wearing 18-month clothes. The nurse was asking me a series of questions. One of which was how many wet diapers I changed a day. I really had to think about it because I rarely change a wet diaper...they are always poopy. I told her I change about 5-6 poopy diapers a day. She looked really surprised and told me he must have an excellent digestive system. Then she preceded to ask me how many servings of the different food pyramid items he ate a day. It dawned on me there and then that the reason he poops so much is that all he eats are fruit and vegetables and wheat bread. I had to laugh because I think if I ate that every day all day, how great my digestive system would be. His asthma has really been acting up and the once a day steriod treatment is working the best so I have had to up it to twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. We can always tell when his asthma is bad because he has big purple bags under his eyes from lack of oxygen...well that and he can't sleep. He also has a goose egg on his forehead that he originally got from falling into the door frame. However, when he begins to throw a tantrum he LOVES to bang his head on anything hard. That or he likes to find something, ANYTHING to destroy. He has already broke our trim off of our fridge, one of the shelves in the fridge, has put numerous holes in the wall, and many countless other things. I was concerned that he had anger issues, but the doctor assured me that it was most likely his temperament (it's that red hair I know it). Anyway when he hits his head he hits that same spot. He has a bump there that is hard as stone. The fluid has gelled and it should go away by the time he is an adult. Needless to say he is my accident prone child. He has no fear and can climb or do anything he puts his mind to. He is sure going to keep me young.