Jack seems to have come down with a very bad case of the giggles. As you can see, it’s hereditary. Sarah suffers from the same condition.
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Archive for March, 2007
Terrible Case of the Giggles.
Sunday, March 11th, 2007Health Update # 500,213,412 x eleventy
Friday, March 9th, 2007Baby Gigantor
Yup. That is the little, er big dude’s, new nickname.
Jack is a huge celebrity at his Pediatrician’s office. The entire office staff remembers how tiny he was when he came in the first time (at 6 pounds 5 ounces), so the announcement that he is now 16 pounds 11 ounces was met with much fanfare. Nevermind that his birthweight was 2 pounds 4 ounces!
Jack is solidly on the growth charts for his actual age of 6 months. 27% for his height and 30% for his weight. He’s in the 99th percentile for both height and weight if we use his corrected age of 3 months. And yes. This is a big deal. The fact that he is on the growth charts for his actual age at all is pretty amazing.
He was declared fit as a fiddle by the pediatrician. No eye issues, no tummy issues, and right on track developmentally for his corrected age. My obsession with Purell has paid off, we made it through our first winter without RSV or even a cold!
Speaking of RSV, Jack got his last synagis shot of the season and is cleared for playdates and birthday parties with healthy babies- Mabel better watch out, cause the real party is coming to town this saturday…
“screw holland”
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007You’ll notice there is a new section in the blogroll entitled “The Preemie Debate.”
Ever since Jack was born I’ve found myself flailing around the internet trying to find resources. Places where sensible people talk sensibly about prematurity. For the most part I have found the following two items:
1) A widely circulated short story often attributed to Erma Bombeck, about why we were chosen to be preemie parents.
2)A widely circulated short story about planning a vacation and accidentally ending up in Holland, a place you never intended to go, but maybe it’s okay, right?
I *think* that these stories are meant to make parents of premature children feel better. Mainly they have made me feel vaguely nauseous and more than a little pissed off.
So imagine my pleasure and surprise when I came across the blogs of several smart, opinionated and very well informed parents and even Neonatologists. The conversations on these blogs can get quite shrill and I’ll admit that I was in tears while reading the first couple of posts on the Preemie Experiment, but in the end, I’ve found the debates on these blogs incredibly informative.
I know that there are a lot of parents out there who read this blog. I also know that we’re getting some pretty high traffic from parents with premature children. I hope that you’re able to find some value in this information and that it makes your journey a little easier. I know they’ve already helped us.
First attempt at solid food.
Sunday, March 4th, 2007For the past week, he’s pretty much been eating all the milk that he can. But 2 hours later he’s been hungry again. So, today, I went out to the grocery and got some yams and apples and Sarah made some mush.
It was my intention to have this post be all about how Jack loved his yam mush. But really, a much more appropriate title would have been “Jack smears yellow gunk all over his face and everything, 5% makes it in!”
Either way, Jack has entered the world of solids…. sorta. Hopefully his percentages will go up and he’ll move on to steak soon. ‘Cause mushy mush flavored mush just ain’t Hollis’ thing
Now, its cool to mix yams with Coke, right?
