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I let Atreyu eat his snack and color while I was taking care of Ezra. This is how I found him, being so cool. I have no idea where he learns these things.
Author: Lauren
Carrots
We finally decided to let Ezra try some real food. I knew it would take a while for him to get used to it, and from previous experience I knew he would puke, which he did. I was able to get a few bites down before he puked a little, and each time Atreyu said “no” because he wanted that bite. So once Ezra was done, I let Atreyu have at it.
Apparently he still loves stage 1 purees.
Ezra nurses fine, so I hope he will catch on to the whole eating real food thing with out to much difficulty. One day at a time, just like everything else.
In other things, Ezra continues to have PT once a week. He still isn’t able to hold up his head. So we work on that a lot. I hope he gets stronger, but he still has such a little body. We do little pacifier workouts to get his neck stronger. I can see improvements, but I can’t wait till he is a pro at it. Since milestones are coming much slower than a “normal” baby it’s interesting to see how much a baby has to work at something. One day at a time, just like everything else.
Wellness and plastic surgeons
This week we had a few appointments so it was a little busy. The boys had there 6 month and 18 month check ups.
Atreyu grew a ton, which I figured he would. He has been eating so much. He now weighs 25lbs and is 35 in tall. He is starting to pick up more words. Most our conversations go like this…
A: rock…rock…rock
Me: yup that’s a rock
A: bird..tweet tweet…bird…tweet tweet tweet…
Me: yup thats a bird.
And on and on. It’s pretty fun.
Ezra is 12 lbs 7 ounce and 24 1/4 in tall. which means he gained one ounce and a quarter inch since his 4 month check up. The doctor doesn’t seem worried right now, so hopefully Ezra will continue to grow. I have seen him getting stronger. His favorite thing is to raise his head up and start talking to me at 2 in the morning. But he couldn’t get his head that stable before so I am pretty excited for him.
When he is upright he still doesn’t control his head. It is a little frustrating but I know he will get there, he is a tiny boy with a big head to hold up.
We also had a plastic surgeon appointment in Grand Rapids. We drove down 2 1/2 hours for our 5 min appointment, but it is good to follow up and make sure everything is still healing right. Which it is.
