Friday, May 13, 2011

David's 16-month milestones

I can't believe that David is 16 months old already!  He is growing up so quickly- literally.  He is such a big boy for having Down syndrome!  I gotta take him into the doctors soon for his next check-up to see where he is on the growth charts.  For his 1-year he is about 50%tile for all boys for height and weight, and about 95%tile for Down syndrome boys height and weight. 

I'll just mentions some new things that David is able to do:
-He easily knows how to clap his hands, pat his legs, high-5's.  This stuff is simple to him now.
-He will sign "all done" and "daddy".
-He is cruising on his own!  I just need to put some snacks on the other side of the sofa as "motivation"- since toys don't seem to cut it.
-He's army crawling a lot to motivating things.  I'll have to excite him with something- he's not looking across the room at something just there and deceiding that he'll crawl to it.  So just simple baby-proofing for now. So far what motivated him are: my camera, car keys, food, and sometimes the tambourine.
-He's getting in 3 teeth at the moment.  2 top molars- bilaterally, and one center tooth on the bottom.  He hasn't gotten any recent fevers!  Praise the Lord!
-David is so close to being able to push from floor into the sitting position.  He'll be so close, and then he'll push his legs straight out of habit and get out of position to get up.  We're working on this...
-David can pull to stand if there is something easy to hold on to at the perfect level.

There's a lot of little things to post... but I don't have time at the moment, David just woke up from his nap!

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