Lincoln 18 Months

We had Lincoln’s 18 month check-up last week.  He’s still our little peanut but the doctor wasn’t concerned since he should be evening out right now and not really going up a ton in percentile and he also was just getting over being sick from the last week which didn’t help in the weight department. 

18 month stats: Height – 31.8 inches (33%), Weight – 22lbs (7%), Head – 48.5 (69%).

As mentioned above we’ve had a rough few months with Lincoln where we’ve had a few good days of sleep followed by either a period of teething or cold/sickness.  Two weeks ago was by far the worse and thankfully he is finally on the mend and back to his normal self but it all started on Sunday with him throwing up and then turned into a yucky cold and ear infection.  He was home all week from school and very miserable.  He refused to eat or drink much and only wanted to be held all day.  Ryan and I tried to take turns staying home with him and were both totally exhausted by the end of the week.  Wyatt and I ended up getting his cold and Ryan picked up some nasty stomach bug and was sick for most of the following week so we are very thankful to finally be back on the mend this week and ready for spring and no more colds/sickness.

We’ve also struggled with Lincoln teething and biting at school over the past few months.  It’s much better than it was back in December where we had a serious issue and thought he might get kicked out of daycare.  Then we went through a really good period with hardly any incidents and now he’s not as bad as he was but this week was pretty rough with one incident each day L.  We are definitely looking forward to the days where teething is no longer a problem and he can use his words to communicate vs. his teeth.  We thought it was rough with Gavin back in the day but turns out Lincoln is here to challenge us every step of the way.

I can hardly believe that he is 18 months already and he is really starting to act like such a big boy.  He loves reading books especially books with animals and loves playing with cars, the play food or anything his brothers are playing with.  When we were having a rough time getting him to eat when he was sick we decided to just give him a bowl of yogurt and let him feed himself since he wouldn’t eat from us and found out that he can actually use a spoon really well and does a much better job of eating and throwing less food on the ground if he can try and use a spoon or folk vs. just eating with his fingers.

Lincoln is such a silly boy and is always making me laugh.  If you tell him to smile he will look at you and give you the goofiest smile that will make you laugh each time .  He’s always making silly faces and is starting to really laugh when he sees or hears something funny. 

He seems like such a big boy but at the same time still seems like our little baby so it’s kind of crazy to think that in 3 months we will have another baby on our hands and he will be the big boy.  He loves playing in the babies room at school and always points at my stomach and says baby or points out babies if he sees them in books so hopefully that means he will welcome his new sibling once they finally arrive and be willing to share some of our attention :).