Weight: 25.7 lbs
Sleep: Pretty good for a kid that had double ear infections & is teething! He's been consistently going into his crib around 7:45pm and puts himself to sleep by 8:00pm every night this week. He was up briefly this morning at 3am crying and asking for water so I got him a sippy, he took 4 big swigs and was laying down and back asleep before I made it out his door.
Food: Same ol' thing here, he is a fruit eating machine.
Word List: Mama, Dada, Daa-dee, banana, uhoh, bye bye, touchdown, all done, book, night night, hi, thank you, yes, ball, more, dog, no, please, out, baby, bubbles, uhoh spaghetti-O's, beep beep, car, boom, shoes, up, choo choo, boat, cheese, juice, eggs, he said "mine" yesterday & we are doing our best to not encourage that one right now
Signs: more, milk, eat, all done, please, banana, water, puppies, cheese, outside, bed, help, meat/chicken
**Learning signs: car, lets go, stop, love, inside
Best/Funniest Moment This Week: This week was filled with Doctor appointments for Lincoln, Monday we met with an Ears, Nose, & Throat Specialist and Wednesday we met with a Pediatric Cardiologist. We will go slightly out of chronological order in order to keep to the template of the blog. :-)
Wednesday we saw a Cardiologist because our regular pediatrician had been hearing a slight murmur when listening to Lincoln's heart since he was about 6mos old and she was confident it was nothing but wanted us to consult a specialist to make sure. So we made the appointment and Linc got an EKG & an ultrasound of his heart (which I asked for a copy of and will post it to the blog once they send it to us, it was pretty cool). The Dr. we saw was fantastic and he told us there was absolutely nothing to worry about, it was what they call an "innocent murmur" and that it will resolve itself. Great news!
And a funny story (that Lincoln will likely kill me for sharing in, oh lets say 15ish years from now) to go along with this is that the main office of this particular Pediatric Cardiologist is in Fairfax and they have several satellite offices through out Northern Virginia and Baltimore. Well they have a few offices that they share with other practices and then they spilt up the time that they do business, so like the Reston office splits time with a Plastic Surgeons office. That makes for not the most baby proofed type of waiting rooms ya know...so we get back into the exam room and it is pretty cold & bare and there is a huge mirror on the wall and an exam table that's about it. But on the counter Todd found a box of latex gloves so he blew that up like a balloon to try to entertain Linc while we waited and that worked for a little bit. Then I saw at the other end of the counter there was a open Plexiglas tower that had some breast implants on the different levels, and I jokingly told Todd that when the glove got old we could try to entertain Linc with those. I'd say they were pretty entertaining...
Celebrate Fairfax
Starting swimming lessons with Linc every Saturday for 8 weeks starting the end of June, he'll be a "Guppie"
Best/Funniest Moment This Week: This week was filled with Doctor appointments for Lincoln, Monday we met with an Ears, Nose, & Throat Specialist and Wednesday we met with a Pediatric Cardiologist. We will go slightly out of chronological order in order to keep to the template of the blog. :-)
Wednesday we saw a Cardiologist because our regular pediatrician had been hearing a slight murmur when listening to Lincoln's heart since he was about 6mos old and she was confident it was nothing but wanted us to consult a specialist to make sure. So we made the appointment and Linc got an EKG & an ultrasound of his heart (which I asked for a copy of and will post it to the blog once they send it to us, it was pretty cool). The Dr. we saw was fantastic and he told us there was absolutely nothing to worry about, it was what they call an "innocent murmur" and that it will resolve itself. Great news!
And a funny story (that Lincoln will likely kill me for sharing in, oh lets say 15ish years from now) to go along with this is that the main office of this particular Pediatric Cardiologist is in Fairfax and they have several satellite offices through out Northern Virginia and Baltimore. Well they have a few offices that they share with other practices and then they spilt up the time that they do business, so like the Reston office splits time with a Plastic Surgeons office. That makes for not the most baby proofed type of waiting rooms ya know...so we get back into the exam room and it is pretty cold & bare and there is a huge mirror on the wall and an exam table that's about it. But on the counter Todd found a box of latex gloves so he blew that up like a balloon to try to entertain Linc while we waited and that worked for a little bit. Then I saw at the other end of the counter there was a open Plexiglas tower that had some breast implants on the different levels, and I jokingly told Todd that when the glove got old we could try to entertain Linc with those. I'd say they were pretty entertaining...
Worst Moment This Week: So with regard to the Doctor visits the bad news (but really good news in the long run) of the week is that Linc has to get tubes for his ears. We have been battling ear infections for about 8 months now and he just had another one come up this weekend. After seeing the Specialist he recommended that we consider tubes and Todd and I did the research and we think it will give Linc some much needed relief and we have scheduled him for his surgery July 8th.
What We're Looking Forward To: Celebrate Fairfax
Starting swimming lessons with Linc every Saturday for 8 weeks starting the end of June, he'll be a "Guppie"
Movement: Yep
Milestones: New talkers are often hard to understand. In fact, you and your partner might be the only people who can decipher what your child is trying to say. Lisping and mixing regular words with babbling phrases isn't unusual at 17 months.
As your child's tongue and mouth muscles develop, enunciation should improve. Help him out by repeating what he says. This models correct pronunciation and helps out Grandma and other frustrated listeners. With time and patience, kids almost always outgrow this situation.
Milestones: New talkers are often hard to understand. In fact, you and your partner might be the only people who can decipher what your child is trying to say. Lisping and mixing regular words with babbling phrases isn't unusual at 17 months.
As your child's tongue and mouth muscles develop, enunciation should improve. Help him out by repeating what he says. This models correct pronunciation and helps out Grandma and other frustrated listeners. With time and patience, kids almost always outgrow this situation.
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