4 Month and lots of progress!!!!

Jackson just had his 4 month check up and he had his CDS evaluation last Thursday. He is now 10lbs and 5oz and 21.5 inches long. He is growing slowly but still growing :) He is now rolling from his back to belly all the time and is now starting to put weight in his legs :) We borrowed a activity mat that has toys hanging from it because he didn't seem to be reaching for objects well now he reaches out and tries to grab them and he will wiggle himself to get underneath and open his mouth to see if he can get it in his mouth.

During his CDS evaluation he scored average or above on everything except for hearing in his left ear which we already knew and fine motor skills but in this last week his fine motor skills have progressed so much. His physical therapist said that CDS would be pleased with what he can do now. He is such a strong boy and when you mention that he isn't doing something the next day he does it. He is truly proving to us that he can accomplish anything.

We got the results back from his bone age x-ray and it is showing that last month he has the bone age of a newborn. They aren't really sure if anything is going to need to be done about that because he is so small but they are going to monitor it. We are still waiting to hear about his hormone and thyroid levels.

They have now spaced out his weight checks to ones a month and he doesn't have to see the pediatrician until he is 6 months :) This was a hard appointment since he had to get three shots and have a liquid medicine. He cried of course and then Grayson did and then mommy got teary eyed. It is so awesome to see such a bond grow between my two little men. Grayson is getting very protective over him and just can't get enough. They are sending in a request for occupational therapy to work with his hands and feet also we have to go back to the orthopedic and see if he thinks he will need some special shoes to correct his feet so he will be able to put more weight on his feet.

He also tried cereal for the first time on Thursday and he loved it :)

Grayson had his checkup with his doctor about his stomach. While we were there he had an xray to see what was going on in there before we went to the GI specialist. They found that he has a large stool blockage :( He is now on a stool softener and can now have dairy again which he is very happy about :) Hopefully this will take care of it and we won't have to do anything thing else.

Never ends

I can't win if it is not one kid it is another :( Grayson has been complaining about his belly hurting for about 3 weeks now. I first thought it was because he didn't want to eat but I noticed it even happens when he is not eating :( So I called Friday and the suggested that we go to the weekend walk in clinic. They asked a bunch of questions and decided to have us try a dairy free diet for about 2 weeks. We are only 4 days in and he is already going crazy :( I never really noticed how much dairy he eats until everything he has been asking for has milk in it :( Poor little man can't have anything he loves but we found out that he loves Almond Milk!!! They also wanted his stools collected so that they can run a Giardia test. So much fun. He heard the doctor say to collect his poop and take it to the hospital. Poor little man thought that meant he had to go so he decided to hold his poop for 2 days since the last time he was at the hospital he had his tonsils out. Well he tested negative for Giardia which is good but we still don't know why his belly hurts. We have a follow up appointment with his Doctor and they also are calling in a referral for a peds GI doctor. Hopefully we get some answers soon.

Jackson is doing awesome. He is progressing with physical therapy. He is getting so much stronger. On the first he rolled from his back to belly all by himself and I was very lucky to catch it on tape :) He is getting an awesome personality. He is so smiley and happy. He makes gasping noises to show his excitement :) It is so cute. He is such an easy baby. He is doing great being on just formula which is a big relief. He is such a great sleeper. He will go to bed be tween 7:30 and 8:30 and will sleep  any where from 1-4 and then eat and got back to sleep til about 6. He is starting to have a hard time going back to sleep though when he wakes up. Sometimes he is up 2 hours before he finally goes back to sleep :( It is a good thing he is cute because he is really cutting in on my sleeping time :) Oh and I notices the other day that there was a big amount of hair on his head support in the car seat :( Which means his hair is starting to fall out. I have notice a bald spot on the right side of his head.