One-Year-Old

Jesper’s one-year appointment was on April 16. He was 32 cm. tall (97 %) and weighed 24 lbs. 10.5 oz. (75th percentile). I think he hit a growth spurt just a few days before his appointment, so his weight will probably catch up to his height in the next few weeks.

His sleeping and eating patterns are very much the same. We are still working to transition from a bottle to a cup. Jesper understands the concept but still gags and chokes on about every 3rd sip. I’m wondering if his tongue-tie is affecting his ability to control liquids in his mouth.

We asked Dr. Koch about the tongue-tie (again), and he referred us to an ENT specialist. We made an appointment for later in the month. The ENT specialist told us that Jesper is 100% tongue-tied (the frenulum goes all the way to the front of his tongue). He cannot stick it out past his lips. There isn’t a perfect correlation between how badly the tongue is tied and how many issues it can cause with speech, eating, dental hygiene, etc. Some people are badly tongue-tied and can talk well, while others are only moderately tongue-tied and have major speech issues. Either way, we are scheduling the frenuloplasty for Jesper and are hoping to eliminate the potential for problems later in life. If we waited and he did have issues, he would also have to have speech therapy to correct any bad habits he had formed while learning to talk.

Hurricane Jesper in the doctor's office

He is still working on his first word and walking. He took a spill at school when he was cruising around the classroom and split his lip slightly, so his courage isn’t growing as fast as his balance. However, he is a very proficient crawler and is definitely getting into EVERYTHING!