Pictures!

Quentin's weight checkup last Friday went well. He gained more weight and is now on the charts at the 3rd percentile. Way to go Q!

Failure to Thrive

Quentin had his weight checkup this morning which went sort of well...He gained 10.5 oz in 10 days which was great, but unfortunatly he is still below the 3rd percentile for weight so they still consider him as failure to thrive. So we need to take him to have blood drawn and they are going to test several things (I don't recall all of them): his thyroid levels and iron levels and a couple more things. Hopefully things will go well with this and we can get him back on track soon! He has another weight checkup next Friday that I hope goes well.

15 Month Checkup

So Q had his 15 month checkup this past Wednesday...and while he is doing well, the doc is concerned about his weight. He lost weight again (and I don't know, but think it might be due to the diarrhea he has been having this week). He is now 19 lbs 1.2 oz which is in the less than 3% for his age. So of course the doc is throwing out terms of "failure to thrive" being a possiblity and is having us wright down how much he eats and drinks. So naturally Q is being stubborn this week and not eating quite as well as he usually does, but he has done much better today. I have to take him back this coming Friday for a follow up. Keep your fingers crossed that he'll have gained some weight by then!

Teeth!

Yesterday I noticed a new tooth in Quentin's mouth. I felt around a little and it turns out that that 3 of his molars came in! Maybe that's why he hasn't been sleeping the best lately...or at least I hope that's the problem. :) This brings his tooth total up to 11!

Lax in Posting

So I've been a bit lax in my posting for the month of March. We went to Ames to watch the men's b-ball team play (they won, barely) and had dinner with some college friends. It was so good to see them again...I think we should have a monthly get together if it can be managed. Then we went to Elgin to say goodbye to Aaron's parents as they are (as of yesterday) hiking the AT. We are hoping they have a great time and make it back safely. Aaron's had to travel for work this last week and is leaving again tomorrow to go back to Dayton. :( I'm sure going to miss him. Otherwise it's been the usual here. Quentin is full of energy every day, climbing the furniture and running around. He has recently picked up some new words and can now say Mama, Dada, quack, boo, tickle, ball, uh-oh, up, pa (which he uses for pacifier as well as spoon I think), and something that sounds like kitty in a way. He has also been driving us crazy by not going down to sleep all by himself like he used to do as well as waking up sometimes in the middle of the night. I'm sure hoping that will get better soon!

Baby Gate.

Earlier this month we took a trip to Des Moines to get a different baby gate to go at the top of the stairs in the new house. It was a horrid trip - we forgot to bring a stroller (don't know what we were thinking) so Quentin was squirming around in our arms every time we went into a store. It didn't help that we went to many different stores looking for a gate we liked that would also fit into our wide opening. We stopped at Babies R Us first and naturally we decided after looking at Target and Wal-Mart that the one that would work best for us was back at Babies R Us. (We had also stopped to eat and see about getting a glass door for our fireplace during this trip) So back to Babies R Us we went, except Aaron took a different way back to the store and we ended up somewhat lost and spent extra time finding our way to the store. Quentin is fussing and crying the whole way, but calmed down somewhat to eat some Mandrian oranges we picked up while at Wal-Mart. And then as I'm opening another fruit cup of the oranges, Aaron takes a corner and the juice spills all over me, my purse and the seat (mostly on me). In the end we made it home with a baby gate - one that Quentin learned how to open by himself today. It's been a long day...

I'd like to add that I fixed the gate so Quentin can't open it anymore. Yay! Also for those who might have been wondering he didn't fall down the stairs at all, just kept opening the gate. Right before I put him to bed though he did start to go down the stairs on his own. Fortunatly, he was on his tummy and going feet first so it was the right way at least. Also I grabbed him before he got past the first stair. Somtimes I think he's too smart for his own good.

Sleeping Kitty

Paprika fell asleep "hugging" the remote!