Larien's Two Year Well Child Visit

Today was Larien's two year old well child visit. She's doing just fine developmentally and growth wise. Actually, she's doing superb on the developmental chart, but I don't want to brag. I don't know how much I've actually done to accomplish this or how much is just great genetics. I'll explain that statement later.

Here's the stats:
Weight: 12.3 kg or 27 pounds
Height: 34 3/4 inches
Both stats are average for two year old girls.

Okay, to explain the statement above. I recently read a book titled "Freakonomics" by Dubner and Levitt. In this book is a chapter that shows eight factors that are strongly correlated with test scores. Here are the eight:

1. The child has highly educated parents.
2. The child's parents have high socioeconomic status.
3. The child's mother was thirty or older at the time of her first child's birth.
4. The child had low birthweight. (this is associated with lower test scores)
5. The child's parents speak English in the home.
6. The child is adopted. (Again, lower test scores.)
7. The child's parents are involved in the the PTA.
8. The child has many books in her home.

Of the six factors that are correlated with higher test scores: my children have all.

I highly recommend this book. Click on the name of the book for a link with more information.