An Update

For those who may have been wondering about the latest on William, here's an update. We took him in to see our pediatrician last week to follow up after all the tests we did a few weeks ago. He was weighed and is now 13 lbs., up half a pound from his 6 month check up. Not great, but getting better. After several questions about our family tree, feeding & elimination habits Dr. Brown concluded that he most likely does not have any kind of genetic abnormality. Yay! The previous pediatrician had recommended we see a geneticist and I was not entirely comfortable with that. Dr. Brown did think he may, if anything, have a growth hormone deficiency and we may one day take into consideration growth hormone shots. Since we don't yet know his growth potential and won't until he's 2, we can wait on that for now. Overall, he is healthy and right on target for all his milestones. I let out a huge sigh of relief upon leaving the pediatrician's office. Steven asked if it was worth the $25 co-pay. Yes. Yes it was.William is exploring more and more foods. Our pediatrician said we could go forward with lots of once thought taboo foods at this age such as peanut butter and eggs. I haven't introduced those yet, but Will's new favorites are yogurt and mango. He even ate some pancake the other day. Sadly, he's not into avocado yet. I keep trying it every week, and I know he's going to change his mind one day! Matthew has enjoyed helping feed Will, or "my baby" as he calls him. It's pretty cute.Out of boredom and also because Matt did not nap that particular day and we needed something to fill the time, we built a fort. I must say it turned out pretty well. Matt, Will & Moses all enjoyed it. If you look closely Moses is sitting in the tunnel behind Will. And yes, most days Matthew still naps. Every now and then he'll just sit back there and chat it up for an hour. The next day Steven built a playpen for Will while he and Matt played Wii games. Father of the Century!