He's growing into such a little person, discovering his own likes and dislikes. He doesn't quite cruise yet, but he can pull up on everything. Sometimes he can stand independently for a second, but I still think he is months away from walking. His motor skills are on target through. Our future soccer player's favorite game is pushing and chasing balls all through the house. He can eat with a fork and drink from a sippy cup. Bye bye bottles ... however, he still is not a huge fan of milk (even with flavored syrups). We're still putting formula in his cup a couple times a day, but the doctor said it's fine, given that he is so tiny.
We took him for his 1-year check today with Dr. Alvis. Here are his stats:
Weight: 19 lbs. and 13.5 oz. ( 8th percentile)
Height: 29 and 5/8 in (38th percentile)
Head circumference: 18 in. (27th percentile)
The doctor initially told us that he was concerned with his rapid growth deceleration and wanted us to take him to see an endocrinologist. After he personally checked his height, he said that he was still concerned, but he would allow us to wait another three months before going to the specialist. Apparently, Grayson has not grown in height at all in the last three months, and may have even lost weight. We've always been watching Grayson's weight, since it dropped dramatically after birth and has been on a slow percentage decline since. But this time, his height dropped two brackets in the curve, which is not normal. Ugh, add one more thing to this poor child's medical history ...
He's also been seeing an ENT. The week prior to his birthday, the ENT said he wanted to take his adenoids out immediately. And he wished that he would have done it during the ear tube surgery. He said he rarely misses it, but in our case, he made a mistake. We were very hesitant to schedule another surgery since Grayson reacts so poorly to anesthesia, so we got a second opinion when we went for his pulmonologist appointment two days later.
The pediatric pulmonologist said that he thinks we can wait until May or June to do the adenoids surgery. We love our pulmonologist! He said that Grayson seems to be responding very well to the asthma treatment, and he would just like to continue the same meds for three more months. We will go back at the end of May to see if we need to do any immune system or other testing.
I forgot to ask the pediatrician about his iron deficiency. I'm going to call up there and get an update on that. I'm assuming we need to continue his iron supplements.
Okay ... this is depressing me. Let's talk positive things again! Grayson is a happy, somewhat shy little boy that loves his big brother! He and Tyler play together so well and are ALWAYS together. The other day, Tyler told me that Grayson was his best friend. I love those two more than words can express!
Here are some other Grayson things. He loves trains just like his brother. He loves being outside. He'll crawl around on the grass and help Daddy work in the garden. He plays on the toddler play set we have, and he loves his new sandbox. He loves music class and songs, but he isn't a huge fan of Daddy throwing him high in the air. He is a picky eater. But if he likes something, he'll eat a ton. (I'm talking almost a whole kids meal). He is developing a big mommy attachment. He wants to be held or right by me all the time. He still sleeps with his blankee, while sucking his thumb. His baby teeth are crooked, so I'm pretty sure it's not a good habit. But it's still cute. He waves bye bye, and he can say "mama," "dada," "baba" (bottle/cup) and "buhbuh" (bubba/brother, although we're discouraging this nickname). He goes to bed about 6:30 or 7 at night, and he still takes two naps a day--10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
We love our little one year old so much!
For his actual birthday, we surprised him in his crib with a massive assortment of balloons and a muffin with a candle in it! After that, we opened gifts. He got a huge bag of balls! Then, we took him to eat at Rainforest Cafe. Our friends, the Wrights, watched Tyler so we could get some good one-on-one time with him. It was a lot of fun! For dinner, we made his favorite, spaghetti. It was a fun day celebrating our Grayson Robert!
woooow, beautiful !
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