Monday, July 27, 2009

Full But Great Day

Today was a great day for Nick! He had his doctor appointment this morning. They did draw blood, but he was such a big boy. He didn't even shed one tear when they took the blood. He did stick his lip out, but the two nurses who were drawing the blood started talking to him, and any chance Nick has to flirt, he is going to take it. He had to show them he was a big tough man. I will find out the results of the test some time next week.

His weight today was 12lbs 8 ounces. Not a huge gain, but his doctor was satisfied with it.

Early Childhood Intervention came out. They were great. They did all the diagnostic testing, physical, etc. He did fantastic. They felt like he was borderline for being admitted to the program. I opted to have him followed. My biggest concern is that he will be behind developmentally. So far (fingers crossed), he seems to be doing well physically, and with his health. I know the developmental stuff will take some time to show, if it is going to show. So for now, we are just trying to help him catch up as quickly as possible.

We are working on tummy time more and more. He is starting to do very well with it. I have finally found the one thing he will look up for long periods of time at... the dogs. He loves them! Today, Nick actually laughed. He has cooed and let out little laughs before, but today, it was a full on baby belly laugh. He was laughing at the dogs. They were playing, he was on his belly, and kept lifting his head to look at them. He would look and talk to them, then laugh and laugh. Then Rowdy started barking, then Mocha started barking. I thought Nick would be scared, but no, he just starting squealing with delight. It was such a wonderful sound.

In addition to working on tummy time, we are going to start working on sitting up. Right now, he seems to be a little less against this than tummy time. Although, I have learned my secret weapon. I just sit him up in front of the dogs.

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