Landon had his 6 year well check today. It was just a couple months late this year. Landon is progressing physically and socially right where he should be for his age. I asked his pediatrician about his toe walking that we were hoping would have stopped by now. She gave us stretches to do with him to increase his flexibility in his legs. His calves are so tight from walking on his toes that she said it probably is uncomfortable for him to walk normal. She doesn't think he needs to see a specialist at this time so we are being diligent about the stretching and constantly reminding him to not walk on his toes. It is truly just a bad habit that he needs to break! I also expressed my concerns about Landon being so sick this year. He has had several colds, strep throat, an ear infection, severely swollen neck glands, and the stomach bug on and off since November. She reassured us that it has been a bad winter and that since it's his first year in school that it's not all that abnormal to be sick a lot. We did bring him to an ENT earlier in January for a consultation about removing his tonsils. Landon has large tonsils and a lot of the symptoms that goes with it: bad breath, snoring, mouth breathing, and food getting caught. The ENT physician said that at this time he hasn't been chronically sick enough to remove them. We were kind of hoping we could just take them out, but we trust the opinion of the specialist. So, overall a happy, healthy perfectly normal little boy! We are blessed.
Height: 3 feet 10 inches (26th percentile)
Weight: 42 pounds (59th percentile)
BMI: 14.6
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