12 month check-in!

[vvvvvfee]

Height:

Weight:

Head Circumference:

Milestones:

Baby Likes and Dislikes:

Highs and Lows from LO's First Year:

Questions?

[vvvvvfee]

Height: 28.5"

Weight: 20 lbs 11 oz

Head Circumference: 18.5"

i forget the exact percentiles, but he is much like DS2- short and moderately chubby with a big head.

Milestones: can walk about 5 steps at a time independently, points, says mama/dada and a few other words ("dat," "nana" (banana) and i think we've heard a couple others), climbs stairs (crawling)

Baby Likes and Dislikes: likes: pushing his toy vacuum, playing with the broom/dustpan, climbing inside any kind of container (the dishwasher, bins of toys, laundry baskets, etc.), eating the changer/our phones/anything else he finds
dislikes: diaper changes, naps, waking up alone in his crib, taking away desirable items (phones)

Highs and Lows from LO's First Year: highs: watching his brothers interact with him. DS1 was so sweet and protective of him when he was a newborn. now it's fun watching him sit in the duplo bin chewing on blocks while his bros build. DS1 also likes to push him around in the laundry basket and DS3 just laughs and laughs. DS2 i think is starting to come around to him, too. i remember DS1 not having much use for DS2 until he was about 1 year and he could interact more.
lows: the first 4+ months were hard- he had kind of a difficult/colicky temperament and with 3 kids it was hard to juggle it all. at one point during the winter he had like 5 ear infections back-to-back and that wasn't fun, either. also 2 f/t working parents with 3 kids is no picnic. :/

Questions?: can't think of anything.

[bananas22]

Her stats are from her 12 month appt so end of May.


Height: 29” (43rd percentile)

Weight: 18lb, 6.5oz (28th percentile)

Head Circumference: 17.64” (46th percentile)

Milestones: pulls to stand and furniture cruises, almost taking a step by herself, climbs the stairs and anything she can get on, waves and points at everything, says hi, yay, bye, and signs more and all done

Baby Likes and Dislikes: Likes most food, big brother’s toys, her push toy, driving cars around, dancing, talking, books, being in the water, dislikes strangers, sleeping all night, being told no

Highs and Lows from LO's First Year: Highs: both of us making it through her birth, seeing her and DS interact, hugs and kisses from her, watching her master each milestone, making it over a year nursing, Lows: having to go back on oxygen briefly in December, her early and scary birth, NICU, getting sick in April and almost stopping nursing over it

[notmoose]

Height: 30 inches (59%)

Weight: 21 pounds (48%)

Head Circumference: I dont know

Milestones: Starting to walk, can clap, wave, give kisses, has 5 teeth, says mum, dada, nana, boob, nite nite, ba ba, bubba, DDs name, climbs on everything

Baby Likes and Dislikes:

Likes: climbing, walking, music, dancing, being outside, swimming, baths, playing with DD and ds1

Dislikes: getting changed,

Highs and Lows from LO's First Year:
Lows: his dairy allergy and subsequent reactions, sleep training, super bad diaper rash, all the issues with BFing

Highs: every new milestone, his first time in a pool/waterpark/ocean, when he started STTN, making it a year BFing

Questions?

[PennyCandy]

Height:30in 54%

Weight: 21lbs 10oz 55%

Head Circumference: 46.4cm 58%

Milestones: taking single steps, claps and says yay, says hi and waves, bf'ed for over a year, can ride and push himself on ride on toys, eating tons of table food

Baby Likes and Dislikes:
Likes: bathes, his brother, mama, food
Dislikes: cold water, sleep, diaper changes

Highs and Lows from LO's First Year: PPD, mastitis x 3, sickness. Highs: every milestone, bfing, watching the boys play together

Questions?

[cornflakegirl]

Height: 28.5 in (26%)

Weight: 20.3 lb (59%)

Head Circumference: 18 in (50% I think)

Milestones: crawling, cruising, pulling, climbing on everything, standing unassisted, STTN, waving, clapping, says dadda and working on mamma

Baby Likes and Dislikes:

Likes music and being sung to, being tickled and spun around, chasing after her big brother, sleeping, eating all the things, being pushed on swings, her wubbanub binky, being in the water

Dislikes sitting still for diaper changes and having her nose cleaned


Highs and Lows from LO's First Year:

Lows were ALL of our BF struggles, especially the pain for the first 5 months. Finding a way to balance 1:1 time with DD and DS.

Highs were holding her for the first time. Making it to a year BF! All her milestones. The mornings spent co sleeping in bed. Watching the love grow between DD and DS.

Questions?

[goldenbird]

Height: 29.25"

Weight: 20lb .5oz

Head Circumference: 19"

Milestones: standing and pulling up really well, 'talking', eating table food like a champ

Baby Likes and Dislikes: likes food, baths, ripping up paper/tissues/napkins, crawling. Dislikes diaper changes, when we set him down and walk away, getting his hands wiped off

Highs and Lows from LO's First Year:
Highs-all the smiles and laughs and new experiences. Seeing my husband be a dad and my parents be grandparents. Seeing him learn things and do new things.
Lows- issues with his pooping, so so so much congestion. A rough week 6-12 for me. So much anxiety for me.

Questions?

[goldenbird]

Oh I forgot the biggest lows for me...my epidural failing on my right side (how is this possible) and then the varicose veins in my vag. They didn't go away until nearly 8mo PP. Sex was painful up until then.
These two things make me feel OAD 😂

[potatocakes]

Height: 31.25" (91%)

Weight: 24 lbs 12.5oz (90%)

Head Circumference: 48.5 cm (96%)

Milestones: Pulling up everywhere, walking with a walker, and so many signs/words (bye, dog, clock (guess what dirty word that sounds like) spoken, and then please, eat, milk, more, all done as signs, and adding more daily), he's also picking up new things as a mimic - we taught him to hold up one finger for how old he is, and then hold it to his lips for shhhh, drinking from a sippy

Baby Likes and Dislikes: Likes: Eating, sissy, all dogs, our dog, splashing in water, eating, airplanes (we live in the flight path) and did I mention eating? Dislikes: Diaper changes, getting out of the tub, when someone is interacting with him and then walks away, being cleaned up after a meal because that means no more eating

Highs and Lows from LO's First Year: Low was being readmitted to the hospital for jaundice. It was so hard to leave my big kid at home even though it was the right thing. We've had a few middle of the night lows, but otherwise, this kid is mostly highs. The Highs have been watching my kids interact and love on each other, and the feeling of completeness for our family. I also have been really enjoying that babies have small problems that are easy to solve, not big, existential problems that are week long projects.

ETA: Breastfeeding for one year is a high, especially with working full time for 8 months of that year!

[sasam]

Height: 29.25 in (25%)

Weight: 20 lbs, 13.5 oz (42%)

Head Circumference: 46 cm (47%)

Milestones: Walking, weaned off of bottles, transitioning from formula to WCM, says "bye bye" and waves, can clap, scheduled first hair cut for this weekend

Baby Likes and Dislikes: Likes- Listening to Old Town Road, dancing, knocking over blocks, rolling balls around, eating food, bath time (other than hair washing)
Dislikes- Having hair washed, being confined, having anything taken away, nap time

Highs and Lows from LO's First Year: Lows- The complications with his delivery, sicknesses (stomach virus, RSV, ear infections), dealing with his eczema and trying to get his skin under control

Highs- Watching him learn all the things, finally getting into our first choice daycare and seeing how much he loves it, he's just an all around happy baby