Preemies…
So having a preemie baby is much more exciting then I would have ever thought. Ayden is quite a handful and heres why… A normal baby “full term”, will have growth spurts throughout their development and then they will plateau for a bit and then grow again. Ayden on the other hand will have a continuous growth spurt over the first year of his life…what this means…he’s constantly growing (which is great news). The hard part is, he is always hungry even though you have fed him, he is constantly fussy and he cries a lot. Makes for some fun days for mom and dad!!! Ayden also has a premature system. His nervous, tummy and bowels are all still developing as well. When Ayden cries, it’s not always for food or that he has gas...
Hearing Test…
Well I know it’s been some time folks, and frankly that’s not really our choice in this… Ayden has learned to use his voice to communicate, and although he can’t speak in sentences, he can speak in gibberish and loud cries. So to communicate that he is indeed hungry and would greatly appreciate a bottle of milk he screams till he’s red in the face. He does also make some pretty darn cute coo’ing noises too. However, Mom hasn’t been able to put him down for very long, usually long enough to wash some bottles or possibly put on the dishwasher. Our evenings consist usually of me attempting to give Lindsay a break, so she can perform simple tasks like having a shower, or eating. It’s not that he’s being bad or...
7 Hours Sleep…
7 hours sleep is a great way to start a day… and that’s what our little guy gave us… I woke up this morning to his noises coming across the monitor and I rubbed my sleepy eyes and looked up at the ceiling to see what time it was.. (our clock projects the time) and expecting to see 3am as per usual.. it said 5:04am.. I was like whoa.. Lindsay must have fed him and not got me up to help her with the night feed. So I woke her up and asked her… she said no – she didn’t get up… talk about getting rejuvenated! that was awesome! So at 6:45am rolls around and Lindsay had to leave for Hamilton so we got her all ready and off she went for her eye appointment at 8:15am. The weather today was cold and snowy – there was a bunch...
EnKlar!!!
So – it’s been a pretty long time since the last time the little guy let me have two seconds to write here… Ayden you’ve certainly been a handful. Time to recap what’s been going on in your life little guy. Mom is falling asleep faster than you are right now. At any rate I digress… Today the physiotherapy lady Melanie something or other came and looked at Ayden – she said to Lindsay “Why am I here again” more or less. And Lindsay told her Ayden’s tale. Then she understood. But it was her initial look at him that confused her as she said he’s completely normal and everything is fine… save for his neck but that’s just because he favors one side when he sleeps so we have to put him down...
Friday April 3rd 2009
Well good evening little fella, You can’t understand me right this moment as your currently only 19inches long and sitting in front of me in your mothers arms as she finishes feeding you at ooh it’s about 3am, but you started feeding about 20mins ago. Lots of things have been going on in your life. I’ll try and point form it for ease of reading. You got your first real major rash thing. The creases in the skin where your legs meet your torso got really red and started to split. Same with under yer yoohoo 😉 but we noticed it right away and now a few days later it’s all cleared up and your all happy. You’ve been very very fussy… and by that I mean.. you’ll sit quietly with mom or I and then suddenly boom crying...
KidsAbility Check Up
Yesterday which was the 25th of March, was our first meeting at the KidsAbility center. Here we brought in Ayden and they had a physiotherapist, a pediatrician, a language/speech specialist, and an occupational therapist all present to examine our little guy. The room we met in had a mat in the center with a few toys. Then each specialist sat around the mat and they took turns handling him. First the physiotherapist who said he had no limited motion or movement. He would take the weight of his body on his legs briefly as any child his age might, he was able to lift his head for short durations when on his tummy. Able to move his arms and legs in unison and was able to kick and stretch normally. The Occupational Therapist noted that he was able to grip and hold...