General Update

Quentin took his first steps about a month ago, but he really took off this week and now is walking pretty well. He is obsessed with cars and trains and other vehicles and has made up a sign that he uses for them. He finally cut the tooth he has been working on for over a month now, bringing the total up to 6. He still isn't much of a talker. He was working on "mama" and "dada" for a while, but seems to have lost interest. We've heard what we think are words from time to time, but he hasn't repeated them, so maybe it was just coincidence. Anyway, he'll be talking soon enough. For now, he knows a couple of signs ("light," "music," sometimes "eat" and "more," but he's stubborn about using those two, and, of course, his sign for vehicles). At his last check up (on January 3) he weighed 20 lbs, 15 oz and was 29 3/4 inches tall (around the 25th and 50th percentiles, respectively).