1 Year Check-up
We took the kids on Monday to see their peditrican for their 1 year check-up.
They are doing well, growing and not missing any milestones for concern. The Peditrican however is referring us to a Pediatric Neoursurgeon in Madison (2 1/2 hours away) for Evelyn to be checked for Plagiocephaly. She was born with a flat back of her head, which turned into a side of her head being flat more than the back. We flipped her in the crib each night, and then it went back to being the back of her head. Well, its’ not fixed it’s self so we are seeing a specialist.
There are many things that could come of the visit, but we are hoping and crossing fingers that it is just nothing. A wasted trip if you will. It’s all too confusing and reading about it’s not helping. Thursday can and can’t come fast enough.
So if you can all cross your fingers and toes and send thoughts, that it ends up being nothing serious. Much appreciated.
On to good stuff, here are their stats;
James:
Height- 28 1/4 inches (12%)
Weight- 21 lbs 3 oz (35%)
Head Circum.- 44.6 (8%)
Evelyn:
Height- 29 inches (50%)
Weight- 20 lbs 10 oz (50%)
Head Circum.- 45.6 (50%)
Yes, our little man now weighs more than his sister, despite being almost a pound lighter at birth. The little man is more than 4x the weight he was when he was born (4lbs 15oz) Go momma & fruit!
James is a champ at walking now, he’s just such a pro. He just goes off and does his own thing, coming back to give a random hug or kiss to Dadd-dy or Momma. He’s just a ham, there are photos and I’ve talked about how he’d throw his head back and laugh when he was younger… well it’s begun again. This time he does it to get a response from us. He squints his eyes closed and throws his head back and sort of bounces it. It is A-d-o-r-a-b-l-e!
He loves to put things into other things, and has started bringing toys and handing them to us, or putting them all in a place, like on the couch or the end table, or like the other day when he stole the remote control and I spent 6 hours trying to find it (not straight :)) and found it behind the computer desk!
Evelyn finally rolled from back to front! She did it two days after she turned one. She’s been trying so hard, but just not quite getting her hips over. She’s got my hips & thighs indeed… which have to have contributed. We of course, were super proud.
She’s not walking yet, though she loves to run-walk when you hold her hands. She’s just not quite ready to do it all on her own. She did take a few steps with Grandma when she visited, but not for us yet.
Evelyn continues to purse her lips out what seems like all the time which is one of her unique things, she’s starting to attempt to share her toys, but she doesnt’ usually let go or if she does, it’s only for a moment or two.
Both kids have discovered that the cat door is a great place to stash toys, so now when we got into the basement we need to be careful with our step and watch for stashed toys.
They had their first chocolate on the day before their birthday, an Aero bar bit-Daddy’s favorite candy bar from Canada.
They tried eggs on their birthday, neither were impressed. But they did like the chocolate chip cookie they got after dinner. (we took them out, and they weren’t pleased with their dinner selection (cheeseburger & fries), we’d both ordered a breakfast item).
Yesterday they had whole milk for the first time. Neither drank much of it at all.
We ended up getting ot goto the zoo during a break in the rain on the kids birthday-and I got my belly cast handprinted, their heights recorded on our wall and their photos taken at their exact birthtime. So it was all in all a good day.
With that I’m off. I have a few things to take care of before the kiddos wake from their nap, and theN I think we are heading out if the rain holds off. I think they could do with a change of scenery.
1 comment June 12th, 2008