12 months

Wow!  It’s so hard for me to believe that Dylan is a year old!  It seems like just yesterday I was a nervous wreck about labor, excited and curious as to what being a mother would be like, and anxious to meet my precious son.  I have enjoyed ever second of this year and could not have asked for a better baby.  We took Dylan for his 12 month check-up on October 31 (I know…what kind of Mommy schedules that)!!

Weight:  20 lbs. 10 oz.  (11th percentile)

Height:  29 inches (25th percentile)

Head Circumference:  18 1/2 inches (75th percentile)

Motor skills:  Dylan is walking everywhere!  He started “only” walking about a week before he turned one.  He is beginning to throw a ball (or toy), bang with a hammer on an item, and CLIMB!!  He can also clap his hands and reach for items above his head by getting on his tip-toes.  He is into everything and always has a new boo-boo.

Eating:  He is officially off formula!!  (yay to Mommy and Daddy’s wallet)!  He normally eats 2 small pancakes and a yogurt or fruit for breakfast.  He has about 3 ounces of milk with it.  He has a small snack mid-morning, usually consisting of toast and fruit or juice.  He drinks about 4 ounces of milk after this.  For lunch, he has whatever we had the night before or whatever our baby sitter fixes him.  He has water with lunch.  He takes about 4 more ounces of milk before his afternoon nap.  He eats a small afternoon snack when he wakes up.  He usually has crackers or diced fruit.  For supper he has whatever we eat with water or juice.  He takes 6 ounces of milk before bedtime.  We are trying to get off of the bottle, but it is a struggle.  Dylan is attached and it just isn’t worth the fight sometimes.  He uses a sippy cup during meal times and will drink milk from the cup, but doesn’t drink enough to satisfy him.  He then begins crying and is satisfied when he “guzzles” it from the bottle. 

Clothes:  He is in all 12 months clothes with the exception of some 9 months pants.  He wears size 3 1/2 shoe and size 3 diaper.

Words:  He can say “mom-mom,”  “Da,”  dog, car, bye-bye, Elmo, and copy just about any sound we make.

Favorite toy:  He loves socks and any kind of small towel, burp cloth, or wash cloth.  He will carry one around all day.  Right now his favorite toys are anything he can push.  He also likes a hippo ball blower we got him for his birthday. Of course, he loves ELMO! He is beginning to show some interest in books.  I can’t wait until he will be still long enough for me to read to him.

Sleeping:  He still takes a morning and afternoon nap.  He sleeps for about 1 hour-1 1/2 hours in the morning and then about 1 1/2 hours in the afternoon.  He sleeps from 8:00 at night to 7:00 in the morning.  On the weekends, he sleeps a little later.  I’m interested to see what the time change brings.

Concerns:  This month we started whole milk. Dylan has been very gassy and has had to start back on the gas drops.  On Thursday night (our second full day of milk), he woke up an hour after he went to bed screaming.  He screamed for 20 solid minutes.  The only way I could comfort him was to rub his belly.  His breath was very sour.  He refused the water.  Finally after an hour he passed gas and went back to sleep.  I’m sure it will take time for his body to adjust to the new milk.

His eating has decreased with the milk.  He doesn’t eat as much, but is still a very good eater.  For the most part he isn’t very picky.  Some days he will eat something and the next day he doesn’t want it.  I guess he just doesn’t like left-overs!