· He is 8.5 months old, but 6 months and 4 days
old developmentally so he is measured according to the 6 months age.
· He weighed 17lbs and 10oz. That is a 1 pound
weight gain in three weeks. He is 27 ¼ inches long. That is a 1 ¼ inch longer
since early January. She says there must be a lot of fat in my breast milk for
the rate he is growing. I agree because he keeps sucking all the fat right out
of my body as I haven’t been this thin in a very long time and I am not even
working out…I am not complaining!
· For most of the skills test he sat at a 7 month
old. All of the other skills test he is right at a 6 month old (where he should
be).
· Nurse Jackie was very impressed with him. She is
amazed that he does not even look or behave like a premie. She said nobody
would even know he was a premie. She is so surprised for a baby that was born at 30 weeks along to be doing so
well. See, it does pay to take good care of yourself. Exercise and eat well!!
Heck, I was on a spin bike the day before I gave birth! J
· She introduced Cheerio's to him. Nurse Jackie gave him a cheerio from a bowl and put that
bowl to her side away from his view. He was very curious about it. It took a
bit, but he munched on it and ate it. Afterward he lunged for that bowl that was out of sight but he remembered where she put it, so I think he
is very smart. She told us to start giving him mashed food instead of processed and give him Cheerios
and other puff treats so he learns to grab for food and put it in his mouth.
· The only homework we have is to get him to
crawl. She gave us exercises we have to do with him to get him to crawl instead
of rolling everywhere to get what he wants. She said the rolling everywhere
will stunt his development and a premie does not need that. So, we have to work
on that.
·
Max has been refusing the bottle for the past couple weeks so I let Nurse Jackie know this to see if she could provide some advice on this. She agreed with us that it’s either because his gums hurt from teething or he is just over the bottle. She said
some babies are just over the bottle and don’t want to have anything to do with
the bottle. So, now we really have to work with him on the sippy cup. We have
been lately but more for fun. She said usually once a baby is done with the bottle
they will not go back to the bottle, unless it’s due to teething.
· I told Nurse Jackie that we noticed a white spot on his lower gum so we are assuming a tooth could come in any day now. She took a look and said that was not a tooth. He is heavily teething, but there is no tooth in sight so it could be longer than we thought. He will just continue to drool all over everything and munch on everything in sight until it does come in.
· He put himself down for a nap towards the end of
the appointment and nurse Jackie couldn’t believe it. I told her that is what
he does when he is ready for his nap or bed time. She was just shocked and said
I am very lucky to have such a good baby. She also commented on how happy and chill
he is and has been during her visits. That's my boy...a very happy laid back baby.
I know my post sounds like a mom who is going on and on about her baby boy and how great he is, but I will admit that is exactly what I just did. This mom is very proud of her baby boy for doing so well since he was born so early. He is doing so well that we decided to see Nurse Jackie one last time just to be on the safe side. She will come back to the house in September unless we can't get him to crawl via the exercises that were given to us. He will also see his developmental doc one last time in May, so only two more developmental appointments to make sure the big man continues on this path.
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