First Ride in the Bike Trailer

So the bike trailer we purchased for Keegan was delivered on Monday afternoon. We didn't get to try it out on Tuesday because of the rain but we did get out with it on Wednesday.

Let's just say that the bike trailer was *not* popular! First Keegan did not like the bike helmet, he spent most of the ride trying to get it off. Secondly he just didn't want to be in there. Basically he screamed the whole ride. We only rode around the lake so it probably only took 20 minutes or so; but boy was he angry. When we got home he had worked the strap of the bike helmet into his mouth and was chewing on it.

Later when I was putting on Keegan's jammies I saw that he had red lines and bruises on his thighs where the harness went over his legs. Then I felt bad because on top of this he had just received shots in his thighs at the doctors office earlier in the afternoon. So, maybe he was actually upset because the straps were pinching his already sore thighs. If we take him out tonight we will have to check the straps better.

Hopefully Keegan will get used to the trailer and even grow to like it. Right now though it just makes him cry :-( We didn't get any pictures but we will try to take some the next time we go out.

Speaking of which; yesterday was his 15 month well child visit. He was 31" tall (he grew two inches since his 12 month appointment) and was 23 lbs 4 oz (3 months ago he was 22lbs 14 oz). That puts him at 50% for height and 25% for weight (at 12 months he was 25% for height and 50% for weight). The doctor was a bit concerned about his lack of weight gain but after being in the room with him for 5 minutes she understood. In the 5 minutes she was in there he climbed the stool, swung from the sink, ran the walker toy around the room, found the paper unroll under the exam table (and began unrolling it), tried to get the door open, and tried to push the doctors stool around the room. The doctor's response was "My, oh, my aren't you a busy little boy." I said "Yeah, tell me about it." She said that it was normal for him to drop some weight because of his high activity level and she wouldn't be really concerned unless he still hadn't gained much wait by his 18 month. So, well, I guess that it good. Like normal Keegan turned into a mute when the doctor entered the room; so she still thinks he can't talk :-) He finally told her "bye" and "mooed" for her before she left. No ear problems or anything this time around. I am relieved and now we have another 3 months before the next exam.