Quinlan's Year Appointment

      This little man, who is now just "too cool" in his new sunglasses, had his 1-year check up on 3/6. He did quite well on the Eat, Poo, Grow plan as the pediatrician was impressed at Quinlan's diet, his progress with self-weaning and his acceptance of cow's milk without any GI issues.
     What he was most impressed with was Quinlan's growth: our little man is now 35th percentile for height, 50th for weight and 80th for head circumference! There is no longer any question about whether or not he is getting enough food, which was a concern the GI doc had in December when Quinlan appeared to not be gaining weight.
     Quinlan continues to add new foods to his favorite list as we  continue to introduce him to more of what we eat. He now loves pan fried tofu, bits of salmon burger and bread with peanut butter or pesto spreads. Even though he is eating more types of foods, he still loves prunes, bananas and carrots: staples in his diet.

     While he has progressed in some things, such as eating and talking, he is still behind in gross motor tasks. Quinlan has not started crawling yet, but is working to push himself up onto his hands and knees and is starting to get his butt up in the air. All of which, we are told, can be the beginning signs of crawling. He can now transition from sitting upright to lying on his belly, although it is not always graceful. He has had a few forward face-plants, but seems to be making some progress there as well.
     He is experimenting with new sounds almost daily, and consistently say "te, te" for mom's tea and has started saying "mumum" more towards mom. The sounds he is currently playing around with are "th," "fuh,"and "sssss." He finds S's to be most silly and giggles when we practice them. He has also started making G sounds.
     We figure one day he is just going to say a full sentence. We wonder what it will be.....

He appears to still be very interested in teeth these days, and has gotten a third one on the top left.

And he very much enjoyed playing with the ribbons from his birthday presents.