So I've been a little concerned that Jacob really hasn't said any words and he is going to be 15 months old (tomorrow!!!).  Well today Daddy took us to get some Golden Spoon after dinner.  Jacob loves the water fountain at that food court and as soon as he saw it this evening he said "wa wa!"  I was so excited to hear him refer to something other than "ish"  that is his word for everything...he sees a fish and says "ish"...okay somewhat appropriate, but then he sees a plane in the sky and says "ish"...okay, not so appropriate...everything is "ish" until today...he recognizes water and refers to it as water too!  YIPPEE...

 Another break through.  When I first gave cheese to Jacob he broke out in red spots all around his mouth, then when I introduced cows milk he broke out with the red spots all over his face :(  so I put him on soy milk because I didn't like the red spots on his face even though the doc said they were perfectly find.  Then I heard that soy milk has a lot of estrogen and I really didn't want him having an excess amount of estrogen.  So daddy suggested we slowly get him used to the cows milk by mixing the two milks together.  We started with about 2 tablespoons of cows milk in his sippy cup of soy milk...now we have graduated to 3/4 cows milk and 1/4 soy (actually more cow and less soy than that).  he is doing great with that.  Last Friday Nani and Papa took Jacob and I out for dinner while daddy with with his daddy watching Tennis.  anyway, I ordered a quesadilla for Jacob just to see what would happen.  He ate part of it and no break out!  YEAH!  Then today after having a 60 minute scream fest he saw me eating some string cheese and wanted some.  I gave him a little bit, thinking he wasn't going to like it.  He put the small piece in his mouth, chewed once, then took it out of his mouth and handed it to me while reaching for my BIG piece with his other hand.  I gave him my big piece and took the small chewed up piece.  He ended up eating the WHOLE THING!!  And the best part...no break out.  Then he saw some yogurt on the table (from when I tried giving him some during his cry fest).  I opened up a new one and let him taste it.  When I first let him try yogurt months ago, he HATED it.  I've tried a few times since then with no luck...but today was totally different...he ate the whole cup of yogurt (blueberry flavor) and still wanted more.  And guess what...no red spots!  Yeah! I think he is finally over the reaction to dairy products.  this is so exciting to me.  now I just have to figure out what is causing the rash on the the back of his knee and all will be good with him.  he has a doctor's appointment on Thursday so I'll make sure to ask the doctor what is going on!

Tomorrow is his 15 month birthday!  I can't believe how fast he is growing, my little monkey.  So until our next update...mommy and daddy love you!