Official 12 months Stats

Lincoln's original 12 month well child check got delayed and he didn't get to have it until yesterday, he also had a urology appointment in the last week.  So here are updates on all of that!

Urology first.

His kidneys are still improving.  Still slightly enlarged but the doctor said it was nothing to stress over.  He said he likes to see things through until they are resolved, so wants us to come back in a year for another kidney ultrasound.  As far as his surgery went, everything has healed well and he is doing great!


Now for the pediatrician!

The first thing that happened was the nurse weighed Lincoln and declared him to be 19 lbs.  At his urology appointment a few days earlier, he weighed 16 lbs 12 oz - so obviously I knew someone had his weight wrong!  We ended up weighing him on three different scales, and he really is 16 lbs.  12 oz.  He is a little peanut, just like Emmaline was at that age. She weighed even less - 15lbs 14 oz at one year. 
His official stats are:

Weight - 16 lbs. 12 oz (less than 3%)
Height - 28 3/4 inches (12 %)
Head - 47 cm (65%)

I have tried to start Lincoln on whole milk twice now, and each time after a few days he has started having icky bowel problems (I'll spare my reading audience the details!).  The first time I thought maybe he was ill.  I took him off the milk and waited for everything to resolve, and then tried again, but the same thing happened.  He has always had problems with milk since he was born - spitting up every time *I* ate a lot of it.  I'm not prepared to say he is allergic, but there is definitely an intolerance there.  The issue of course is that the alternatives - soy and rice milk - are very low in fat  and Lincoln could benefit from a bit of bulking up!  The pediatrician sent us home with some Pediasure - which is both soy and milk based.  It doesn't have lactose though and does have as much milk protein in its as milk does of course.  So we are trying that for a few days to see what happens.  The other option is a soy based toddler formula or I keep nursing him indefinitely.  So we'll see what happens!

Other than that issue, Lincoln is looking great.  He still isn't walking - I was sure he would be by now, but instead he seems to be working on other skills.  He is babbling a ton and saying several words we recognize, and a quite a few more that we haven't identified yet.  He points, waves, and signs  "milk", and sometimes he will try to blow a kiss.  He is quick to laugh, loves to observe everyone, and is very snugly and VERY much a Mama's boy.   
Our favorite part of the day with him is the evening right before I tuck him into bed.  I'll be nursing him, and he will pop of and crawl away.  AJ will say to him, "are you ready to go to bed" And Lincoln starts to laugh and crawl away from AJ as fast as he can, and then dive bombs into me to nurse some more.  He does this repeatedly.  He knows as long as he is nursing, he doesn't have to go to bed.  When he sleeps he snuggles with "Nanook" a beanie baby Husky that he got for Christmas, as well as his blankie - a little 2'x2' blanket, perfect size for snuggling with and carrying around.