Nicu Follow Up Clinic and Eye update

Will had his Nicu follow up clinic appointment this past week. So far he is doing everything developmental wise he is supposed to be doing. We do have a few things to work on like grabbing and grasping toys, more head exercises, learning to lift our head, and kicking our legs more instead of having them be a little bo-legged. He is doing well at tracking things and looking at you when we talk to him. So all in all he had a great follow up appointment.

As far as his eyes they are doing great. We had a follow up appointment on Tuesday and Dr Calzada will continue to check his eyes once a month until he is 70 weeks gestation. He is currently 52 weeks gestation so 18 more weeks once a month and we should be good to go.

Here are a few pictures of Will.

Happy 6 Months Will

Will is 6 months old today but only 10 1/2 weeks as far as developmental wise. It's confusing, yes I know! He weighs around 10lbs 4oz at his last pediatrician's appointment. He got his second set of shots last Friday and did well. He did run a low grade fever which made mom and dad a little nervous, but tylenol did the trick and helped it come down in a couple of hours. Will sleeps from 10pm to 5am at night. He takes a bottle and goes back to bed until around 9am and then takes a morning nap and then an afternoon nap. I think we have a pretty good baby. He gets his sleep habits from his mother. We started more tummy time this week and HE LOVES IT! He usually takes an afternoon nap on his tummy and will sleep for about 2 hours. We started eating rice cereal twice a day with a spoon and let me tell you, its an experience in itself. We got the go ahead because of his age to start fruits and vegetables but we decided to wait a little while because he is really not that good with the spoon yet. Half the time we end of putting the rest of it in his bottle. Bath time is still his favorite! Whenever he is fussy before bed and we put him in the bath tub, he starts cooing and loving it!

Take a few minutes to enjoy a few updated pictures of Will.

Look at the belly on that boy

Always flexes his "pecks" during bath time

Starting rice cereal with a spoon

The aftermath of what normally happens when we are done

Asleep on my owl nap mat

Happy 6 Months sweet Will! Our future golfer!!!!!!

Pictures of Will

We got the go ahead by the pediatrician to add rice cereal with his formula by bottle. He only gets 1tsp per ounce at each feeding. He is currently taking 4 ounces of formula so he gets 4 tsps of cereal. Let me tell ya, rice cereal is AWESOME! Since being on rice cereal Will goes down at night for bed around 9:30-10pm and doesn't wake up till 4 or 5am, then goes back to sleep till 9-9:30am. Ahhh so wonderful! He is still eating every 4-5 hours during the day but at night, he stays asleep longer. So thankful for rice cereal! LOVE IT!!!!!!

Anyways, we had a mommy/son date today and ventured out to the mall. We strolled around the mall, ate lunch in the food court, and went shopping. We had a great time! We are looking forward to having daddy home for a long week on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday! We are also ready for Will to celebrate his first 4th of July. We are going to cook out at my mom's house and watch the fireworks from Ballard Park. Looking forward to a great 4th of July!

Anyways, enjoy the pictures!

Will enjoying his crib

This is what happens when I leave and go get dinner. I love it though!

Enjoying time on my owl nap mat

Funny face

Just a video of Will swinging