Weight: 20.7 lbs (12%)
Length: 31.4 in (82%)
Head Circumference: 18.6 in (68%)
He is still tall and skinny, but the doctor says there is nothing wrong with that. He is a very healthy and happy toddler. At his 9 month check up, he was only in the 6% for weight, which was a little scary. We had to "power pack" Tristan's food so that he would take in more calories. I felt like a bad mom, like I wasn't providing my little one with the nutrition that he needed, but Dr. Templeman said that he just wasn't thriving on my milk anymore. Once I weaned him and switched him to formula it helped a ton.
He now drinks whole milk like crazy! Between Tristan and my daycare kids, I probably go through about 5 to 6 gallons of milk a week. Crazy, no? At least I get reimbursed for a lot of the cost of food so it doesn't hurt my pocket book so badly, but I digress. Tristan is not a picky eater at all! He eats almost anything and everything I make him. He loves fruits, veggies, meat, everything!
He is very active and really smart! The doctor said that Tristan has some of the best motor skills for a 13 month old he has ever seen and is really impressed that he is trying to talk. Besides "mama" and "dada", he says "Ba" for ball, "tankoo" for thank you, "na!" for no, "hi", "da" for that, and several other words too.
He is also incredibly social from playing with my daycare kids everyday. He gets so excited when they come over and gets along really well with everybody. Although, he is starting to get really possessive of the toys during free play time. I tried to avoid that by keeping Tristan's personal toys separate from the daycare toys, but I guess that didn't help. *sigh* I love my toddler though.
Wow! This post ended up being much longer than I anticipated. Lol! I guess it just goes to show that I can ramble on and on about my little man. What can I say? I'm a proud mama. ;)
