Tyler Painter

9 month checkup

Today Tyler went for his 9 month checkup. He is doing GREAT!

Weight: 21lbs 7.5oz
Height: 30in

This puts his weight in the 60ish percentile and his height in the 90ish percentile. They didn’t write down the specific percentile for me so I am just going by my memory. He also had his finger pricked to do an iron test, that came back good- meaning he is not anemic. He had his third and final HepB shot, and then we went over to the lab next door and had some blood drawn to test for Celiac Disease. This is an allergy to wheat gluten which runs on Tyler’s paternal side of the family. We should know what the outcome of that test is next week.

So Tyler is doing all the things he should be doing for his age: picking things up and placing them down and then picking them back up again, responding to his name, feeding himself little foods and with some help he uses a spoon, crawling, pulling up, and babbling (not distinguishable words yet, but we know it will be any day now). Tyler seems to be a happy little boy- he laughs often and loves to be with his little blanket.

They told me to call back in early September to schedule a flu shot for him and then we will see them in November for his 1 year checkup. Time has FLOWN BY.

We are having a blast with him. So I guess on to walking and talking. Stay tuned. Hopefully new videos will come soon.

A few new pictures!

Going up the stairs:

Step 1:

Step2:

Step3:

Standing Up:

Playing with Magnets:

Looking cute in my robe:

Getting 4 teeth brushed:

Crawling!

Tyler started crawling about 1 1/2 months ago. The funny thing is that he went after Toby the first time. Here is a short video of Tyler crawling down the hallway to Toby and following him back to where he started.