Will is 15 months old!

August 5th Will turned 15 months old. He is now crawling like crazy and loves to crawl up stairs. He can now pull him self up to standing and is walking along furniture, he can even walk while holding onto our hands now too. He is jibber jabbing more and more but hasn't learned any new words. He does have an opinion though and I'm sure the words will come soon. He is a fairly good eater, better than Joshua at this age and I'm hoping he won't be such a picky eater like Joshua is now. He gets really upset when I sit down at the computer and crawls over to me as fast as possible, then complains loudly. So I haven't been at my computer much when he is awake. That is why these posts come in groups.

We went to Laramie for Will's well visit last week on the 11th. The visit went well and it was great to see the doctors again, I love living this close to our doctors there.

Weight: 21 pounds 2 ounces
Height: 31 7/8 inches
Head 50 Centimeters

We didn't get any immunizations there since we live in Colorado and the immunizations are state funded. We will make a visit to our local public health for those.

Will is 11 months old!!

I cannot believe Will is 11 months old. I even missed his 11 month birthday and didn't get the pictures taken until 4 days later... Oops!

He is such a character he loves; making faces, hugging his brother's head when Joshua places it in Will's lap. He loves eating food and will try anything, he loves drinking from his momma and I don't know how much longer I will keep nursing him. He loves bath time and tries to jump in the water when I get close to the tub. He goes to sleep on his own in his own crib with little to no complaining at all. Last week he slept 4 hours in a row twice in one night, and hasn't done that since. Will loves his blue blanket and pacifier. He doesn't really enjoy walks but it has been way too cold out to be enjoyable yet. He loves yogurt melts, puffs, baby food, pureed home cooked meals, cheerios, cereal bars, his sippy cup (although he doesn't drink from it well yet). He does well in nursery, I haven't been called down to get him yet!

It is so hard to believe he is almost one. I guess I should start planning for his birthday... Something I really don't want to do!


I love his hippo teeth!!

Bottle feedings

Last night was wonderful...

Yesterday Will proved to us that he could successfully drink from a bottle, a whopping 1.5 ounces of formula. Then last night he was very fussy and I couldn't get him to calm down he acted hungry but I wouldn't suffice so I thought of trying a bottle. I prepared a 4 ounce bottle turned on some lights and tried to feed him. At first he wanted nothing to do with the bottle then I sat him up and showed him the bottle. Less than a minute later he grabbed the bottle and began to drink. I could not stop smiling, I was so happy that he was finally drinking from the bottle, he drank 3 ounces last night and 3 more this morning. I would love to nurse him 3 times a day and have him take bottles just before bed time.

Another wonderful bit of news. Last night after Will drank those 3 ounces he slept for 3 hours and 58 minutes!!!!! I felt great when I woke up after those almost 4 hours. :) It may be Michael's Birthday today but it felt like mine last night. That was such a wonderful gift. I cannot tell you the last time he slept longer than three hours.

Developmental Preschool visit.

Three Ladies from the Developmental Preschool came over to asses Will (Dianna, Elizabeth, and I cannot remember the third lady). Two of the ladies are the same people who helped Joshua when he had problems speaking. It is kind of nice having them back at our house! Joshua of course wanted to be in the middle of everything, making it hard for Will to concentrate on what they were trying to have him do. Next time I might send Joshua to our neighbors house so Will can focus a little more.

They tried to get Will to do many different skills, having him try to grab items, and switch the item in his hands. They wanted to see him roll over, touch his toes, smile, ring a bell, put items in a cup, pick up tiny items, and listen to him talk. They wanted to see him get on his belly, and be on his hands and knees. He won't get on his hands and knees by himself only if someone places him there. Once he is on his placed on his belly he rolls over. Hopefully they can give me some ideas to help him become stronger, and sleep better.

They think Will has poor muscle tone and that is why he isn't sitting straight, rolling over much, or moving. I am praying they can give us some ways to make him be on his belly happily and that he will start moving soon. I really don't mind baby proofing our house it is practically baby proofed as it is.

That's all for the update.

Will is 10 months old now!

Once again I cannot believe another month has flown by and William is now 1 month older!

He has become quite the little ham loving every opportunity to smile, squint, or show his little hippo teeth for the camera. He is wanting to crawl and move around but isn't there and I have no clue when he will be, he can't even get up onto his knees. The Developmental Daycare here in town has a physical therapist who will be seeing Will every other week or so to try to get him motivated to crawl. The Doctor wouldn't normally be concerned that Will isn't crawling yet but he has very poor posture and so they are wondering if he has poor muscle tone. He is starting to sit up straighter so I'm wondering if he will start crawling soon. He loves to say 'dadadada' and 'mamama' but I'm not sure he knows who we are yet. We are also trying to get him to say all done when he is finished eating. I think he is trying very hard and can say 'ah da' when I ask him if he is all done. Will is very good at the pointer grasp and can feed him self very well. He loves to play 'Ladushki-ladushki' not 'patty cake', our Kyrgyzstan neighbors have taught him that and as soon as we start saying the word Will claps his hands. I'll try to get it on tape sometime.

Will is 4 months old!

On Saturday Will turned 4 months old! It seems unreal that he is that old already. He loves to talk, kick the floor, suck his paci and if that isn't available suck his thumb. He loves to smile, play patti-cake, and do baby sit-ups. He loves looking at his family. He hates laying on his stomach, he is so lazy he won't even try to lift his head up off the floor he just lays there now. He can tolerate the car seat now, so we might venture up to Gillette one of these days. He is old enough to start eating rice cereal but I don't think he is ready. I'd like him to be able to sit in a bumbo before he starts eating food.

We went to his Well check yesterday he is 26 inches long 80th percentile, Weighs 14 pounds 8 1/2 ounces 40th percentile, and his head is measuring 43.1cm just below the 75th percentile.

I'll try to get better at posting pictures more often. I haven't had the time recently. We have all been sick, so I have been busy trying to get healthy and taking care of my sick family.

Joshua has been very cute lately. The other day he held on to Will's hand and said "I love you Will! I love you, I love you, I love you!" It was so cute.

Here are pictures of Will on the day he turned 4 months old.

2 month visit 10 weeks old!!!

Today Will had his 2 month visit. Here are the stats.

Height: 23 3/4 inches 70th percentile
Weight: 12 pounds 9 ounces 60th percentile
Head: 41.6 com 75th percentile

The visit went well, he is doing great! We didn't do vaccines today since we are on a different schedule.