Luke continues to do GREAT! We had his 4 month pediatrician appointment on Friday. He weighs 17lbs. 9 1/2 oz!!! He is 27 inches long! He is such a BIG GUY!! He is getting much more steady with his head control. We are working on strengthening his arm support right now, sitting up and rolling over.
Things are going so much better than we ever dreamed. I can't believe this all started just over 5 months ago. It seems like an eternity and yesterday all at the same time! When all the possibilities of what could happen with Luke were laid out in front of us we assumed that I would probably have to quit my job to stay home with him. We have no idea what the right decision is but right now it seems like it is going back to work. Two months ago I couldn't WAIT to go back to work. Things were crazy around here!!!! However, things have settled and now while I am looking forward to going back to work it's going to be really, really hard. I think it will be good for Luke to be around other kids his age. I also am confident that the daycare and grandma will work with him diligently. Probably more than I could with my little 'helper' around!!!! We've decided that we'll play it day by day and if he's not making progress or takes a turn for the worse, we can always change our plan.
Our big concern - which has nothing to do with the macrocephaly or polymicrogyria - is that he won't take a bottle. Hopefully he'll get hungry enough to start taking it!! Fingers crossed, please! We did start him on cereal this week. It seems like he's taking it in but it's hard to tell with all the mess:)!!! Hopefully if the bottle situation doesn't improve we can supplement it with food during the day.
We have our 6 month neurologist appointment in September. Hopefully we'll have no big news until then. We are very happy with how Luke's been doing. Thanks to everyone again for all of your love and support. Send positive thoughts our way next week when all the new changes take place when I go back to work!!!!
He looks right on track! How wonderful! So sorry about not wanting the bottle-- Jack was the same way. There's some thing about that four month mark that makes them decide they're done with the bottle. I wish I had advice for you, but we never got Jack to take it (but we never had to push it). All I can say is that once he started cereal then food he steadily dropped feedings over the months so it was less of an issue. Plus, babies also often "cycle" so they nurse more at night and just take a tiny bit from the bottle during the day because they prefer to nurse. So, bad news- he may get up more at night, but good news- he won't be starving during the day. I think Anna is going to be this way. She only takes an ounce or two from a bottle, but nurses more than that (obviously-- you've seen her rolls!)
ReplyDeleteJust read the update. Great news all around. Luke is getting so big! We cannot wait to meet him and see you guys in October. Avery is already PJ shopping. The only downside is she really likes her dress-type nighties now. Would Ben still be ok matching her? Dan might not be good with that.
ReplyDeleteGive the boys hugs from the Grays.