Growth/Development Timeline
3 Years:
James:
33 1/2 lbs 60%
36 3/4 inches 50%
Evelyn:
28 lbs 25%
36.5 inches 40%
They both got shots, though weren’t meant to. It seems E is having a reaction. Of course.
Debating putting James back on Gluten-free
We saw the allergist earlier this year and James is no longer ’skin-prick’ allergic to milk or wheat but is now allergic worse to Peanuts and also almonds and walnuts. We transitioned him off rice milk for a month, and then off wheat/gluten. It’s been a month-ish (May-early July) since he’s been back on gluten and he’s starting to have issues creep in. This is common/normal for there to need to be a ‘build-up’ first. I’m not sure why this happens, but we are back to where we were before we went gluten free. Our Dr was supportive of whatever we wanted to do, suggesting perhaps going off it till James is old enough (as we were thinking before the endo) to truly tell us what’s up. Or he was worried it was also behavioural - but his pull-up messes aren’t something he controls. His choice of food, mannerisms certainly are choices. So I dunno. Chewing on it.
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2 Years:
James:
28 1/2 pounds - 60%
34″ tall - 40%
48cm head - 30%
James is being referred to an allergist for his reactions to egg and peanut butter, so we can find out what’s going on and how serious it might turn based on his reactions to any tests they might do.
Evelyn:
27 pounds - 60%
33 3/4 ” tall - 60%
49cm head - 90%
Her noggin is big in comparison to other girls her age, and she still has a ‘dent’ or ‘crater’. Though her head is shaping out better, it is a wonder if this part will forever stay.
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21 months:
Took James in for some diaper issues. Started him on Miralax. Asked about the hives situation we had and Dr thought it was cross contamination. I didn’t mention (I forgot) that no reaction that bad had happened with straight peanut butter before… but seems just something egg or peanut we need to be a bit more aware off.
His weight : 29 lbs
Though he was in clothes, at 6pm at night having just ate dinner whereas his other appoitnments were am, little food, naked.
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18 Months:
Let’s do James first.
Weight- 25 lb 4 oz - 25%
Height- 31 1/2 inches - 25% (I think this is wrong, he’s clearly taller than Evelyn by at least a 1/4 an inch-1/2 an inch. We measured them on the wall that night and that’s where he’s at…ah well)
Head Cricumfrence - 46.8 - 20%
He is still small compared to babies his age, but he’s on the right track as far as a trend of growth, he’s consistantly growing. The % means that like for 25% that would mean in theroy 75% of babies are bigger than he is in that area.
It seems confirmed that James at least for now, is allergic to peanut butter & eggs (depending on what medium they are given to him in). So for fear of having a bad reaction, he wasn’t able to get the flu shot and the Dr advised us to remove Peanut butter from the house so no one gives it to him accidently. I tried almond butter and they seem to like that.
Now lil Miss Evelyn.
Weight - 23 lbs 6 oz - 40%
Height - 32 inches - 60% again I think this is wrong
Head Circumference - 47.0 - 60%
Evelyns plagio & brachiocephly are still present, this might be something (and likely will) that never fully goes away and the process of seeing any changes will be *very* slow. But her soft spot is still open, and so the concern for cranio has passed.
James had noticed in some photographs a sort of ‘lazy eye’ for lack of a better term, we are watching it (under direction of how to from our peditrican) and will present any photos of the findings to him at our next visit. She would need to see a Pediatric Optometrist or is it Ophthalmologist… . I guess the process is *very* technical, and involves some prisms and such… and so xx fingers xx that it is just a random thing.
Evelyn got the flu shot. Whew! No more shots (well Evelyn needs another part of the flu shot in 4 weeks, but after that) until they are 4 for kindergarten!! INSANE I must say to think of them being in school.
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14 Months 1 Week:
We stop nursing. We had cut out one, and then two sessions around a month ago.
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12 Months 1 Day:
James - 21lbs 3oz | 28 1/4 inches
Evelyn - 20lbs 10oz | 29 inches
We can start on whole milk now and add peanut butter and eggs.
We gave them eggs on their birthday(06/08/08) , and peanut butter the day after, the day of this appointment. They aren’t keen on the eggs, but peanut butter toast was good.
They are having whole milk for the first time 06/11/08.
The kids average schedule is getting up between 6:30 & 7:30, usually by 7am though. Then they are ready for a nap by 9/9:45am, which lasts 1 1/2-2 hours on average. They sometimes take a shorter nap in the afternoon then, around 3pm but not much recently. Bedtime depends on if they took that second nap, being 7pm or 8pm.
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9 Months 2 Days:
James - 18lbs 6oz | 26 1/4 inches
Evelyn - 19lbs 7oz | 26 1/2 inches
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6 Months 2 Days:
James - 15lbs 9oz | 25 1/2 inches
Evelyn - 16lbs 4oz | 25 inches
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4 Months 2 Weeks 2 Days:
James - 13lbs 12oz | 24 1/2 inches
Evelyn - 14lbs 6oz | 23 3/4 inches
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3 Months 3 Weeks 5 Days:
James - 13lbs 10oz
Evelyn - 13lbs 14oz
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2 Months 4 Weeks Old:
Evelyn - 11lbs 15oz
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2 Months, 1 Week 6 Days Old:
James - 10lbs 6oz | 21 inches
Evelyn - 11lbs | 21 inches
At 2 Months old the kids get their first shots. We had decided ourselves to stop formula supplements on James, but the Dr agreed at this appointment.
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1 Month, 3 Weeks 3 Days Old:
James - 8lbs 11oz
Evelyn - 9lbs 9oz
James has an increase in his reflux medication due to gaining 3lbs since last appointment. We suspect he is colicky.
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1 Month, 2 Weeks 2 Days Old:
James - 8lbs 5oz
Evelyn - 9lbs 6oz
The kids still go to bed at 10:30, but wake between 2:30&4:30am and then again between 4:30/6:30am.
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3 Weeks Old:
James - 5lbs 12oz
Evelyn - 6lbs 9oz
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2 Weeks Old:
James - 5lbs 1oz | 18 1/4 inches
Evelyn - 6lbs 2 oz | 18 1/4 inches
We put the kids in a shared crib, Sleep pattern bed at 10:30ish, wake at 1am and 5am for feeds. James is put on reflux medication. Because of his size, James is put on 2oz of high calorie formula as a supplement after nursing.
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9 Days Old:
James - 5lbs
Evelyn - 5lbs 12oz
Yey, James is out of his carbed. Yippee. He is also able to come off the billi blanket.
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7 Days Old:
James - 4lbs 14oz
Evelyn 5lbs 10oz
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6 Days Old:
James- 4lbs 13oz
Evelyn - was not weighed
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5 Days Old :
James - 4lbs 13oz | 17 1/2 inches
Evelyn - 5lbs 9oz | 18 inches
It is discovered James has jaundice and so he needs to be put on a billi blanket at home, he also starts getting supplements of formula after his feeds becasue he’s not gaining.
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Birth: James - 4lbs 15oz and Evelyn - 5lbs 11oz