The babies are one!
Lincoln weighs 18 lbs and is 28 1/2 inches long. He learned to climb the stairs this month and loves when the baby gate is down so he can go up them. He has 10 teeth, although the 9th and 10th teeth are molars so they are still coming in, but the initial tooth has poked through the gum. Lincoln is so happy to chase balloons, balls or anything that rolls. We recently put him in a little wagon and he loves it if I give him rides.
This past month Lincoln had various tests to rule out problems with some of his major organs. Since the spine develops at the same time as the heart and kidneys the doctor thought it best for him to have a heart screening and a renal ultrasound. The heart screening was the full deal. He had an EKG, a blood pressure check, and an ultrasound of his heart. He did really well for all of these tests. The u/s got a little long for him, so one of the technicians distracted him while the other tech measured his heart. The renal ultrasound was fairly short and Joseph took him to this appointment. Lincoln had to be fasting for this ultrasound and I knew he would be sad if I took him but didn't feed him since he knows I always feed him. Lincoln did great! He just laid really still while the tech did her thing and after it was over Joseph sat in the atrium of the medical center and fed Lincoln his cereal. Thankfully, Lincoln's heart, kidneys and bladder all checked out normal so he won't have to go in for further testing.
Both babies love to follow me about. They love to play with any open cupboard they find in the kitchen. They can make quite the mess pulling out various bowls and lids if I let them...which I usually do. It makes them so happy.
Annika weighs 15 lbs 12 oz and is 28 3/4 inches long. She also has 10 teeth. Her teeth poked through a few weeks ago. She started actively walking right after she turned 11 months old. She is a walking pro and rarely crawls. She loves the freedom she has. She is perpetual movement and only stops when she sleeps or isn't feeling well. Annika is my first baby to have a "sick" visit to the doctor. She had a cold a few weeks ago and I was just going to let it run its course, but Joseph suggested I take her in....Joseph usually doesn't suggest doctor visits unless he thinks something is wrong. She had a mild case of croup so she took prednisone for 3 days and was feeling much better. Annika loves milk and I have to be really careful not to let her drink too much milk so she will have room in her tummy for other food. She can be very picky if she isn't very hungry.
I have transitioned both babies to drinking whole milk out of sippy cups. It is so nice to be free from nursing, pumping and bottle cleaning. I have so much more time to get other things done. I can say that I feel very blessed to have been able to nurse Lincoln and provide milk for Annika for the first year of their lives. I know that doesn't work for some women, but it was very important to me that I give my babies milk so I made a lot of sacrifices to make it work. I supplemented with formula just a little with Annika and her last canister of formula felt like the Widow's cruse of oil and barrel of meal from the Old Testament. It lasted as long as I needed it to and I ran out of formula the day before her birthday. We made it the entire year with formula samples that were given to me and 4 canisters of formula I bought on clearance last year before the babies were born.
We love our babies. Stay tuned for their birthday post.
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