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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Jace's followup

With the neonatal clinic...........It went so-so.......They are concerned that he isn't gaining weight properly.........Um seriously I have been mentioning this to his dr and she hasn't seemed the least bit concerned...........And really, its not an issue because he is gaining weight, just not as fast as he should...........He weighs 10lbs 7.7oz and is 22 1/2" long........He has gained 4lbs 4.2oz and grown 4 1/2" since he was born 14 wks ago.............So they increased his caloric intake.......Even more so if I went to get the 22 cal a fluid oz formula.......We mix 5oz of water with 3 scoops of formula which makes it 24 cal per fluid oz now..........Its also suppose to help with his spitting/throwing up..........for now we are sticking with the zantac to help with his reflux as well..........Micah came in and evaluated him to see how his muscle tone is and how he is progressing.........This woman became my sanity saver while Jace was in the NICU...........She helped me make sense of everything and explained it in layman's terms........She is concerned that he is starting torticollis......Its where his head constantly favors one side (which it does) so she gave me some exercises to do with him on top of the other ones we do..........She also said it is not uncommon for him to still be overwhelmed......Just keep doing what I am doing........Lord have mercy he is a very demanding baby........He will not keep his head midline so we have to work on that to........I told them he is already rolling from his belly to his back and they said he shouldn't be doing that..........My darling son proved to them that momma is right........He rolled over for her..........I also told them that if he could figure out how to get his arms under him right he would be crawling........So she put his arms under him the way he would if he was crawling and let him set there.........He got his feet positioned just right and needless to say he came flying off the table at her........It was funny.......She was right there watching him with her hands beside him in case something like that happened......So in some areas he is advanced and in other areas he is delayed.........but nothing major.........Just normal preemie issues.......We go back in 3 mths.........Oh and they also checked his hearing but he woudln't be quiet, LOL..........so the test isn't conclusive.....she did check his ears for fluid behind the ear drums and of course there is none.......He adjusted age is only 8 wks.........so he is great........

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