Some pics of the kids.
For those of you who haven’t been able to see the kids recently. Here are some photos of them:
Archive | April, 2009
Boys and echos.
I wanted to update you on some developments since Seth’s 4 month check-up. I had known that Seth has not been gaining weight at the rate expected by the growth charts, so I knew we would be discussing that on Wednesday. At his last week’s appointment for a cold he weighed 14 lbs 9 oz with his clothes and diaper on. At this week’s appointment he weighed 14 lbs 6.5 oz (without his clothes and diaper). So I am guessing he probably gained a small amount of weight. It is not like he’s extremely small either. I looked it up on the growth chart and he is in the 25th percentile. It is just that he started in the 75th percentile. But since all my kids have dropped on the charts at one point or another (including Emma who actually dropped off the bottom of the chart, but that doesn’t really count) the doctor is not really worried about it. The thing that surprised me more actually was that he dropped from the 97th percentile in height to the 50th percentile. He actually did not grow in length at all in the last 2 months. But I assume that he was concentrating on something else – like rolling over. :) His head circumference grew a whole inch since 2 months though, so I guess he’s just going to concentrate on being smart instead of the really tall kid I thought he was going to be. :)
Anyway, all this wouldn’t be an issue at all since all my kids are on the small size. The doctor did suggest starting solid foods if he will take them to add some extra calories in. He’s started already showing interest in food when we eat, so I am excited to try giving him rice cereal soon (as soon as I make it to the store to get some).
When the doctor did do the physical exam though, he noticed that Seth has a heart murmur. Again, probably not worrisome (most likely a functional murmur I’m guessing, which are normal), but with his slow weight gain and Emma’s medical history, the doctor wants to be extra careful and get a heart echocardiogram done. Seth never has had one, even when I was pregnant with him, so this will just give us a good idea of what his heart looks like and if there are any issues we need to be aware of. He is obviously in very good health and not showing any of the problems Emma did, so we are not anticipating anything major. I am actually anticipating that they will not find anything, I think that is much more likely.
So Seth and Will will both be going in to get heart echos. To explain why Will is going in, in case I forgot to post it here, he is going in because he has not outgrown the circulation issue he has in his feet and hands. They often turn blue, purple, or motteled pink. They also sometimes looked swollen. Of course that could just be because his feet are chubby. Again, he has not shown any other signs of a heart issue, and he actually did get a heart echo done in the womb with no signs of problems. But just to be on the safe side, he also will get an echo.
Finally a post!
I’ve been blogging in my head recently, which is a good sign that I need to write something. It’s been awhile since I have written though, so to keep myself from writing a novel, I am limiting myself to just one person’s update for each blog post for now. So let’s start with Seth.
Seth is the happiest baby in the world. You may think I am a bit biased, but if you ask anyone who has met Seth, they will agree. Since he learned how to laugh (which was fairly early), I don’t think he has gone one day without laughing. I am not exaggerating either, I really can’t remember one day that he has not laughed. He laughs when he is happy, he laughs when he is tired, and sometimes he will even laugh when he is upset.
Seth is also very vocal. We joke that he may talk before Will because he has a whole vocabulary of sounds that rivals Will’s. When there is a conversation going on a room, Seth will often take advantage of any quiet moments to add his two cents. He loves to listen too though. If someone is anywhere near him and talking, he seems to think that they must be talking to him. This is especially true when Daddy is in the room. Seth will just stare and listen intently. Then, in case you start to feel too important, he’ll just start laughing.
He is sleeping wonderfully at night. Usually he goes to bed at about 8:00 and sleeps until I wake him at 10:30 or 11:00 for the last feeding of the day. If I didn’t wake him I don’t think he would be getting enough to eat, because after that feeding he sleeps until about 7:30 in the morning. Naptimes are not as regular, but they are improving. He will go to sleep for naps without my help most times, which I am so glad I finally took the time to train him to do because it is a great help. Since he is my 4th child, I am not too stressed about irregular naptimes, because I know they will develop naturally if we encourage them.
Well, I guess that about does it for Seth’s update. He has his 4 month well child check next week, so we’ll take a look at his size and all that then. Oh, one other thing, he learned how to roll from his back to his front today. He had rolled the other way twice about two weeks ago and hadn’t done it since. Today he rolled from his back and thought it was so cool, that he has been doing it over and over. Elise found him after he had done it the first time, and came to tell me. “Mom,” she said, “Seth is laughing because he rolled onto his tummy.”
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