September

Geez, I cant believe september has went by so fast.  So to begin with our baby boy turned 4 months old this month, and he weighed 15lbs 7 oz (62nd%) and 26 in long (85th %).  We just have a long and skinny boy and that is just fine with us! As long as he continues to gain weight and height it is also just fine with his doctor :)

So, this month we have had alot of ups and downs.  First of all, our pulmonologist did a oxygen saturation study overnight just to see how he was doing.  Most of the time (around 97%) he was great and 98% or higher.  But that 3% he was still dropping his oxygen sats. They would come in clusters every 45 min to an hour and would be accompanied with a change in his heart rate.  This only gives him more evidence to the obsturctive sleep apnea. We will be foloowing up with a pulmonologist at WF to get into a sleep study in 2 weeks since they can not do them on babies at Roanoke. 

Our GI doctor put into action another swallow study alot sooner than they recommended at WF, thank goodness!! He felt that if he waits to long to start eating solids from a spoon that he would fall behind. Which our pedi and speech therapist was also thinking as well.  So we go for that this thursday, hopefully it will go well and we can start some solids right away. 

We have also decided to increase his physical therapy.  Even though he is lifting his head up, he only does it for a few mintues at a time and them just lays down if hes on his tummy or slumps over if hes sitting up.  We want to tackle this asap, so it doesnt become a bigger problem than it is now. 

The best part about September was we all went on our first vacation as a family of 4 to Topsail Island.  We all enjoyed just getting to relax and not worrying about all the doctors appointments, and Ricky enjoyed actually spending alot of time with us instend of working. One day while we were there it rained all day, so we decided to take Bella to see her first movie--The Lion King-- while Aunt Hannah and Uncle Garrett stayed back at the house with Tripp.  We all had a great time.  btw the water was much too cold for baby Tripp to get in, but he had fun hanging out still :)

Hanging out by the pool 

My first swimming trunks :)

The upcoming 2 weeks we have an eye exam, speech therapy, swallow study, plastic check up, pulmonology at wf, physical therapy, and a pulmonology appt in roanoke. I will update some more after these next 2 weeks because there will be alot of important appointments coming up.  :)