1 year checkup

Well, we're on our 4th ear infection! Tyler's been having problems with this since the end of January and lately he can't seem to get rid of the fluid in his ears. It's not always infected (although it was on Thursday) but it's been there pretty much since mid-March (which is not very common). So we've got a follow up appointment in two weeks and then will decide whether to go to an ENT. I'm really hoping they will be better then and we can get thru the summer with no infections and eventually grow out of them.

On top of that, he's FINALLY getting one of his top teeth. His bottom two didn't seem to bother him too too much, but this one's giving him more pains. Well, it could be that on top of the ear infections too...



He says 'dada' all the time. He loves his Daddy so much! We'll be inside and he'll see Rodney outside thru the blinds and walk (and crawl) over there and bounce up and down because he wants to go outside! He loves watching his Daddy mow the lawn too. He'll also do motorboat when he's watching him mow. He says 'mama' sometimes, but not quite as much as 'dada'. Rodney is a wonderful father to him - I am so blessed!

So as for walking, he's taking steps! He started taking a few around April 20th (about 11 months). He's now up to about 11 or 12 at a time. He loves taking your hand and leading you around the house. When he's holding your hand, he can actually walk pretty fast - once he's got the balancing down, he's going to be off!

We're pretty close to being off 'baby food' and purely table food. Sometimes if we end up eating late and don't have anything ready for Tyler we end up doing jar food, but we're trying to plan better these days so that doesn't happen.

Back to his 1 year check - here are his stats:

Height - 29 3/4 inches (50th percentile)
Weight - 21 lbs 15 oz (between 50th and 75th percentile)


Taking steps

"I'm hot stuff!"