Yes, Aaron turned 3 in November, but his well child appointment was this week, so I’m updating now.
Weight: 38 lbs
Height: 40″
Big boy!
Lots has happened in the last few months! First, he is finally TALKING!!!!!!!!!!! Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And we can understand him probably 85% of the time, which is awesome. He still has some articulation issues, but I’m working on them one by one. Tonight he said “sippy” instead of “beebee”, so I’m thrilled with his progress! Every day, he says something that makes me think “Wow, I understood that!”
The second thing that’s happened is that we discovered the cause of his chronic diarrhea, and it’s no longer chronic.
Turns out that he has Fructose Malabsorption, which is a type of fructose intolerance. With some minor changes to his diet (which really haven’t been that difficult), the diarrhea issue has been completely turned around. Another woohoo! The hardest part is that he loves apples and can’t have them now. But he can still have several fruits, such as bananas, strawberries, blueberries, etc. Fruits that have equal glucose to fructose are ok. Fruits that have more fructose than glucose are not ok. And we have to limit the fruits in general so he doesn’t get too much overall fructose. We also have to avoid whole wheat, as wheat contains fructans and is related to this fructose issue. White bread is ok, whole wheat bread is not. Even whole grain goldfish are out, much to his dismay. I haven’t tried regular goldfish. It’s a bit counterintuitive, as I had been trying to give the kids whole grain cereals and snacks, but there are way worse food intolerances/allergies out there. And thankfully, dairy is ok! Phew!
Aaron is learning new things… I’ve been somewhat casually working on preschool type stuff with him. We’re learning letters, numbers, some vocabulary words (like “calf”), etc. He’s enjoyed this. He can count to three and knows a handful of letters and colors. He’s about a year behind Joshua in this department, but I think his fine motor skills and coloring skills are better than Joshua’s. So it evens out!
He is helpful around the house, putting dishes in the dishwasher, picking up toys and putting them where they belong, etc. His behavior has been noticeably better since we changed his diet, and he’s turned into a very sweet little boy. He loves his baby brother and says “TeeTee KISS!” at night, wanting a kiss from the baby.
I taught him how to use a computer this week, starting with starfall.com and also playing Potato Guy on Linux. He’s getting very good with the mouse!
Well, that’s the 3 year update.. just 3 months late.




