Benjamin
Updated: 2018.11.19
Benjamin’s Vital Stats
| Time/Date of Birth: | 19:00 CDT 2013.06.11 |
| Place of Birth: | Sue Mayborn Women's Center Metroplex Adventist Hospital Killeen, Bell County, Texas U.S.A. |
| Birth Weight: | 6 lbs. 1.8 oz. (2772.5 grams) |
| Birth Length: | 20 inches (50.8 cm) |
| Eye Color: | brown |
| Hair Color: | dark brown |
| Came Home: | 2013.06.12 (1 day old) |
| Baptized: | 2014.07.21 St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church Deacon Lawrence St. Pierre |
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Blog Entries About Benjamin
Follow this link to see all my blog entries tagged with "Benjamin"
Following are a few important (to me) entries about him:
• 2014.06.19-23 • Baptism Trip
• 2013.06.21 • Hearing Test
• 2013.06.12 • Benjamin Comes Home
• 2013.06.11 • Birth of Benjamin
• 2013.01.29 • He's A Boy
• 2013.01.21 • Preparing the Nursery
• 2012.12.25 • Christmas + Big News
• 2012.12.15 • Rebecca & Tummy
• 2012.10.25 • Pregnancy Test
Benjamin’s Growth Chart
| DATE | LG/HT | WT | LOC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0d (2013.06.11) | 20" (50.8cm) | 6.1 lbs. (2.77kg) | M |
| 3d (2013.06.14) | 19" (48.3cm) | 6.1 lbs. (2.78kg) | PCC |
| 2w (2013.06.25) | 19.5" (49.5cm) | 7.1 lbs. (3.20kg) | SW |
| 2w,6d (2013.07.01) | 8.0 lbs. (3.63kg) | H | |
| 3w,3d (2013.07.05) | 20" (20.3cm) | 9.0 lbs. (4.08kg) | H |
| 30d (2013.07.10) | 9.6 lbs. (4.35kg) | H | |
| 1.1mo (2013.07.14) | 10.6 lbs. (4.81kg) | H | |
| 1.3mo (2013.07.21) | 21" (53.3cm) | 11.1 lbs. (5.04kg) | H |
| 1.5mo (2013.07.27) | 12.6 lbs. (5.72kg) | H | |
| 1.8mo (2013.08.05) | 22" (55.9cm) | 13.0 lbs. (5.90 kg) | H |
| 2.1mo (2013.08.13) | 22.5" (57.2cm) | 13.0 lbs. (5.92kg) | SW |
| 2.3mo (2013.08.19) | 14.0 lbs. (6.35kg) | H | |
| 2.6mo (2013.08.30) | 15.0 lbs. (6.80kg) | H | |
| 3.4mo (2013.09.23) | 23" (58.4cm) | 15.8 lbs. (7.17kg) | H |
| 3.7mo (2013.10.03) | 23.5" (59.7cm) | 16.7 lbs. (7.58kg) | H |
| 4.1mo (2013.10.15) | 2'0.75" (62.9cm) | 16.4 lbs. (7.44kg) | SW |
| 4.5mo (2013.10.27) | 2'1" (63.5cm) | 17.1 lbs. (7.76kg) | H |
| 5mo (2013.11.11) | 2'1" (63.5cm) | 17.5 lbs. (7.94kg) | H |
| 5.1mo (2013.11.16) | 2'1" (63.5cm) | 18.0 lbs. (8.17kg) | H |
| 6mo (2013.12.11) | 2'2.25" | 19.0 lbs. (8.62kg) | H |
| 6.2mo (2013.12.17) | 2'3.5" (69.9cm) | 18.6 lbs. (8.43kg) | SW |
| 7.1mo (2014.01.13) | 20.0 lbs. (9.07kg) | H | |
| 8mo (2014.02.10) | 2'2" (0.66m) | 22.2 lbs. (10.1kg) | H |
| 9mo (2014.03.11) | 2'3" (0.69m) | 22 lbs. (9.98kg) | H |
| 9.3mo (2014.03.18) | 2'3.8" (0.71m) | 21.3 lbs. (9.67kg) | SW |
| 10mo (2014.04.23) | 2'4.5" (0.72m) | 22.8 lbs. (10.3kg) | H |
| 1y (2014.06.12) | 2'5" (0.74m) | 22.5 lbs. (10.2kg) | SW |
| 15mo (2014.09.10) | 2'6" (0.76m) | 24.6 lbs. (11.2kg) | H |
| 15mo (2014.09.16) | 2'6.5" (0.77m) | 23.6 lbs. (10.7kg) | SW |
| 16mo (2014.10.05) | 2'6.25" (0.77m) | 25.1 lbs. (11.4kg) | H |
| 18mo (2014.12.11) | 2'7.5" (0.80m) | 25.2 lbs. (11.4kg) | H |
| 18mo (2014.12.16) | 2'7.26" (0.79m) | 24.4 lbs. (11.1kg) | SW |
| 23mo (2015.05.24) | 26.2 lbs. (11.9kg) | SW | |
| 2y (2015.06.18) | 2'9.5" (0.85m) | H | |
| 2y (2015.06.23) | 2'9.5" (0.85m) | 26.7 lbs. (12.1kg) | SW |
| 2.3y (2015.10.06) | 28.2 lbs. (12.8kg) | SW | |
| 2.5y (2015.12.19) | 2'11" (0.89m) | 27.8 lbs. (12.6kg) | H |
| 2.6y (2016.01.16) | 2'11.5" (0.90m) | H | |
| 3y (2016.06.23) | 3'1" (0.94m) | 29.4 lbs. (13.3kg) | SW |
| 3.5y (2016.12.27) | 3'2" (0.97m) | 32.8 lbs. (14.9kg) | H |
| 4y (2017.06.09) | 3'4" (1.02m) | 34.8 lbs. (15.8kg) | H |
| 4y (2017.06.21) | 3'3.5" (1.00m) | 35.1 lbs. (15.9kg) | SW |
| 4y3m (2017.09.11) | 3'4" (1.02m) | 35.1 lbs. (15.9kg) | H |
| 4.Xy (2018.03.18) | 38.2 lbs. | H | |
| 5.4y (2018.11.19) | 3'6" (1.09m) * | 41.4 lbs. (18.8kg) | H |
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M = Metroplex Adventist Hospital PCC = Killeen Pediatric Care Clinic SW = Scott & White Killeen Clinic H = home |
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Benjamin’s Milestones
These are things he did. For things he experienced, see the Firsts chart.
| 2013.06.11 | birth | |
| 2013.06.14 | roll | from back to left side |
| 2013.06.15 | smile | confirmed next day |
| 2013.06.16 | roll | from back to right side |
| 2013.06.17 | head | lift/turn head from left to right (and back) while on tummy |
| 2013.06.20 | laugh | fully belly laugh, while sitting on Daddy's lap |
| 2013.06.25 | scoot | can push self across floor if there's something to push against w/feet |
| 2013.06.30 | grasp | Reaches for and grabs/holds objects: shirts, burp cloths, fingers, etc. |
| 2013.08.24 | roll | from tummy to right side to back |
| 2013.08.27 | sleep | slept from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. |
| 2013.10 | hold | Can hold objects for several minutes at a time Can switch from one hand to other |
| 2013.10.21 | sit | Can maintain sitting position, if placed there |
| 2013.10.27 | roll | from back to side to tummy |
| 2013.11.13 | pushup | push himself up on just toes and hands |
| 2013.12.03 | stand | pulls self up to standing position |
| 2013.12.05 | sit | pushes himself up to sitting position without help (confirmed Dec. 16) |
| 2013.12.13 | stand | pulls himself up to standing position (from sitting) |
| 2013.12.16 | crawl | Crawled on all fours for first time (belly off ground) |
| 2013.12.25 | cruise | 4 feet, along edge of coffee table, other objects |
| 2013.12.28 | crawl | from one room to another, as far as 20 feet |
| 2014.01.05 | kneel | can balance only on knees |
| 2014.01.10 | stand | stand unassisted for up to 6 seconds |
| 2014.01.18 | stand | stand unassisted for 10 seconds |
| 2014.02.10 | WALK | One step only (multiple occasions) |
| 2014.02.11 | walk | Three steps at a time |
| 2014.03.05 | TALK | "Dada", said to Daddy, and repeated when asked |
| 2014.03.06 | talk | "I get it" or "I got it", when grabbing something |
| 2014.03.11 | walk | Walk from A to B without falling |
| 2014.04.02 | wave | Waved to friends as they drove past in a car |
| 2014.04.09 | TOOTH |
(Click to see/hide list of teeth) |
| 2014.04.24 | potty | Walked into bathroom; peed against shower door |
| 2014.05.12 | clap | First clasped his hands, then did it again. Eyes opened wide as if he'd just realized something and then he began clapping happily. |
| 2014.05.13 | potty | Sitting on toilet, peed into it |
| 2014.06.20 | spin | Standing, took tiny steps to rotate in place |
| 2014.06.29 | walk | Took five steps backward, return, repeat |
| 2015.11.10 | count | “One, two...” using fingers |
| 2016.02.09 | jump | Got both feet off the ground at the same time. |
Communication Development
| 2013.06 | sign | Gathers air toward mouth to indicate hunger |
| 2013.07 | sound | Says "ungee" when hungry, or clears throat |
| 2013.10 | name | Says "egguh" when calling Rebecca |
| 2013.11.17 | vowel | Said "aeiou" several times |
| 2013.12 | sounds | Screeches like a pterodactyl when he's happy |
| 2013.12 | sounds | Tries various consonant sounds: G, T, D, M, L, without any meaning |
| 2013.12 | cough | Tried fake coughing sound as attention-getter |
| 2013.12 | sign | slaps knee to indicate "I want that" or "take me there" |
| 2014.01.10 | sound | said "poo poo" several times |
| 2014.01.18 | sound | said "mama" twice (apparently without meaning) |
| 2014.01.18 | sound | said "hone" when he was hungry |
| 2014.02 | sound | practices all the consonant sounds |
| 2014.03 | copycat | start copycatting words that Mommy says (or at least close enough that we could tell he was trying to copy) |
| 2014.03.05 | WORD | "Dada", said to Daddy, and repeated when asked |
| 2014.03.06 | sentence | "I get it" or "I got it", when grabbing something |
| 2014.03.11 | wave | |
| 2014.03.22 | word | "Gordon", correctly naming one of sister's trains |
| 2014.04.06 | word | "Mama", referring to Mommy, but also to food, milk, hunger |
| 2014.04.30 | word | "head", after putting diaper on his head like a hat |
| 2014.05 | word | "diaper" ("die-tuh"), bringing diaper to parent when needing a change |
| 2014.06.06 | word | "ear", while pulling on Daddy's ear |
| 2014.06.06 | word | "ball", when Daddy gave him a ball |
| 2014.06.08 | word | "door" ("daw"), tapping door |
| 2014.06.09 | word | "up" ("uh"), reaching up with both hands |
| 2014.07 | colors | Tries to say colors: "boo", "ray", "ohdug", "gee", "yeh-oh" |
| 2014.08 | words | "this", "nah" (no), "yeh" (yes) |
| 2015.04 | word | "day-day" for daddy, after months of saying "maw" for either parent |
| 2015.12 | words | added several new words after visiting with family in Okla. |
| 2016.01 | speech | can say two consonants together: “blue”, “blanket” starts adding second syllable to some words |
| 2016.01 | speech | regularly putting two or more words together to form sentences “sit here”, “hungry food now” |
| 2017.04 | write | can write his name without help, or any other word if someone verbally spells it to him. |
| 2018.08 | read | can read as many as 20 words, recognize our names in print, can find other words if shown an example |
| 2018.10 | read | can read simple sentences; makes good guesses at words he doesn't know. |
Firsts in Benjamin’s Life
These are experiences. For his achievements, see the Milestones chart.
| 2013.06.11 | family visit | paternal grandparents, visited hospital, home |
| 2013.06.12 | car ride | From hospital to house in Killeen, Texas |
| 2013.06.13 | business | first time in a business: Chick-fil-A, Harker Heights, Texas |
| 2013.06.14 | doctor | first doctor visit: Dr. Wright, at Killeen Pediatric Care Clinic in Killeen, Texas |
| 2013.06.15 | party | attended neighbor girl's 1st birthday party |
| 2013.06.19 | mall visit | Killeen Mall, Killeen, Texas |
| 2013.06.28 | out-of-state trip | Drove to Seminole County, Okla., to see paternal grandparents; returned on 30th |
| 2013.07.01 | visit to military base | Ft. Hood, Texas. |
| 2013.07.02 | tub bath | Liked being in water; still hates being scrubbed. |
| 2013.07.09 | bottle feeding | Took 100 mL in three minutes. |
| 2013.10.08 | hotel stay | Best Western, Seminole, Okla. (for Rebecca's birthday trip) |
| 2013.11.02 | swing | at playground in Yowell Ranch |
| 2013.12.04 | solid food | sucked on apple slice for 20 minutes |
| 2014.03.15 | car ride w/o Mommy | went with Daddy to used book sale in Killeen |
| 2014.04.30 | zoo visit | Cameron Park Zoo, in Waco, Texas |
| 2014.06.04 | swim | Community pool, Yowell Ranch, Killeen, Texas |
| 2014.06.11 | birthday | party at home w/grandparents, neighbors, & friends |
| 2014.06.19 | airplane trip | Flew from Killeen to Houston, to Boston, then back on the 23rd |
| 2015.07.02 | movie in theater | Inside-Out, at Killeen 14 |
| 2016.06.07 | bowling | at Holiday Lanes in Killeen |
| 2018.08.27 | school | Alice W. Douse Elementary, KISD |
GIFTS FOR BENJAMIN
(from conception through baptism)
• gift card from Marline's cousin Arnold & Gina
• money from Marline's cousin Yvesnick & Patrick
• money from Marline's cousin Shapiro & Paula
• money from Marline's Aunt Marie-Josee
• money from Marline's Aunt Yanick (& Yves)
• money from Marline's Uncle René-Max (& Mimiche)
• money from Marline's Uncle Leslie (& Esther)
• money from Marline's Uncle Sedric (& Rosette)
• money from René-Max's friend Maxime
• money from Kevin & Christin
• money from Antoinette & Perry
• ? from Presler & Camille
• ? from Natasha