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On Friday Leif had a doctor's appointment to check up on his growth - and he finally grew! For the past two weeks we have been on an eating "schedule" meaning that Leif gets only 3 big meals a day. He naturally would like to just snack all day, but apparently that just wasn't getting enough in. In general I have a hard time agreeing to any sort of schedule, but after months of no growing we were up for anything. And it is working! He gained 12 ounces in 2 weeks, better than the 10 ounces he gained in over 3 months. He now weighs in at a whooping 15 pounds 3 ounces at 10 months old.

His meals consist of some sort of super caloric gruel (like oatmeal with coconut milk and flax seed oil, or pureed sweet potato with chicken and ghee, or banana with protein powder) followed by finger foods. Right now his favorites are noodles, crackers, and oranges.

Leif is also standing up on everything. Sometimes he'll cruise along, and he is getting stronger everyday. No predictions on when he will walk, I think we still have a couple months to go.