It looks like wheat is ok! All her stool tests came back negative for any blood. She did have an eczema outbreak this last week, but I suspect that it is from daily exposure to chlorinated water rather than any food. On to the oat test…

Abigail has been focusing intently on her large motor skills, practicing standing without assistance (her record is 10 seconds), picking up large objects while freestanding (a size 5 soccer ball, her baby piano), squatting down to get things and standing back up, and pushing objects of furniture around while walking. She especially enjoys pushing her empty carseat box and the half-full laundry bin. She also is working on increasing her distance while walking and holding mama’s or dada’s hands, though her technique is a good candidate for the Ministry of Silly Walks. She often can’t get her toes pointed quite in the right direction and takes giant lunges or swings her legs out in arcs.

Two new teeth on top, finally. Well, at least one– the other is still trying to break through.

She is so tall we had to get her a new carseat– she couldn’t make it to the one-year mark in her infant carrier. She still has to be rear-facing but now she has more room to scrunch her feet up.

Here is a photo of the creek near the house in Oregon, as described in the post The Sponge: creek

And a link to a video of her swimming technique, as described in the post Tadpole:

Abigail Swims