Handsome little guy!
One of his contemplative moments. . .can you tell he is the little brother of 2 sisters? (Notice the headband- he put it on himself)
What a little sweetheart! Giving Dad kisses and zerberts!I can hardly believe that Grant is already 18 months old! In fact, he was 18 months old about a week and a half ago, but because of our circumstances, it hasn't quite been the milestone it usually is in our life.
Normally, at church, the children can go to the nursery at 18 months old. For the parents, this is a wonderful thing! That means you can finally listen to your class without chasing/consoling/entertaining a toddler. Or it means you can finally teach or lead music or whatever your calling is without having to also pay attention to your little one. But, right now because of Kenneth's chemo, we aren't sending any children to nursery. We feel there are too many germs floating around in there. All those sweet germy children are touching too many of the same things. Arianna, who is technically still in nusery has been going to Primary and Grant goes home with Kenneth after Sacrament meeting. (Kenneth wants to go to church, but also doesn't want to be exposed to too many germs by being around lots of people for 3 hours, so this is the compromise we have decided on.) So, at least for another couple of months, Grant won't be going to nursery.
So, Grant is indeed 18 months old and is such an active, intelligent little guy. He says so many words! Here are the ones I can think of right now: Emma, Anna, Mama, Dada, dog, tractor, yogurt, cheese, milk, juice, light, book, ball, engine, all done, raisins, apple, orange, pants, diaper, car, bird, truck, socks, shoes, sweatshirt, coat, door, water, couch, chair, bench, bread, go, dog, bus, snack, mouth, spoon, nose. He even tried to say 'Joseph' when D and J were visiting. Oh! and he tried to say excavator the other day! Still needs some work on that one, though!
Here are his 18 month stats:
Height: 32 1/4 inches (49th percentile)
Weight: 23 pounds 8 ounces (19th percentile)
He had some blood drawn and the doctors says he is borderline anemic. So, I am supposed to give him Polyvisol with Iron. Anyone else had problems with anemia in their little ones? What did you do to help them?
Wow 18 months already! Crazy! I can't believe my girls will be 8 months this coming friday, time flies. The girls took Polyvisol with Iron when they were born, for about a month. I'm sure it was anemia due to their premature status though. Are you still breast feeding? I think it's common in that instance. I hope it's something that he'll grow out of.
ReplyDeleteHi Heidi! Just catching up on blogs and saw this post. Both of my girls had this- Isabelle due to prematurity complications and Clara for who knows what reason. After struggling with Isabelle and PV w/ iron, when Clara needed it I decided not to bother and just increased her iron- rich foods intake. That took care of it without the miserable tasting, staining PV.
ReplyDeleteGood luck! He is such a cutie!!