Jen's Blog

quick update

I keep starting blog entries, then get distracted by Elliot or Lexi or sleep. So I promised myself I would write a short one and actually upload it today.

Both kids are doing well. Lexi may have a dairy intolerance (she has been spitting up a lot more than usual), so I am cutting out all dairy this week to see if it improves. This is actually pretty hard, since so many prepared foods (bread, sausages, cookies) have milk or a milk product (like whey or casein) in them. This is my second day of the diet, and I’ve seen a little improvement. She’s been doing a lot of smiling and can support her head fairly well now. She was a whopping 70th percentile for weight when we took her in for her 2-month checkup on Friday!

Elliot has added the definite article to his vocabulary, so he says things like “find da blanket” and “eat da strawberry.” He can sometimes build four-word sentences, like the one he said this weekend: “Elliot spill water couch!” Two- and three-word sentences are more common, though. His memory also lasts a lot longer now, and he makes interesting connections between events. When we go up to Napa I usually take him to go get bagels early Sunday morning, and once when we were out we saw a bunch of hot air balloons. Last week I told him we were going to go buy bagels, and he starts talking about Grandpa’s house and balloons; it took me a few minutes to realize why he suddenly brought up those things. He's mostly stopped calling Lexi "Tiny Baby" and replaced it with "Leki." She's nearly half his weight now (compared to a quarter when she was born), so maybe he doesn't think she's so tiny anymore.

Lexi hasn't woken up from her nap yet, but I'll finish this off and call it a day.

Posted by Jen at July 24, 2007 12:23 PM