Roo is doing unbelievably well. Hardly any cough. No congestion at all. Sleeping well. Happy and content. Great appetite.
Mike is better, too...Thanks to all of you who've asked about his cold. He went back to work today; he's covered up with work from unexpectedly being out four days last week, but he says that he'll be caught up again soon.
Merrit's cough and cold are completely better now, too. So I guess we're all healthy.
Well...
I did make a short visit to the Urgent Care clinic this morning. In the end, it was just silly, but peace of mind is a good thing, I guess. I have been having chest pains for the last three days. Turns out, I'm perfectly healthy (did a x-ray and EKG)...the doc thinks that the pain is due to bruised or broken cartilage in between my ribs. He tried to get me to think back to how I might have hurt myself during the last week and everything that happened with Roo. The only thing I could think of was the hours of leaning against the edge of the PICU crib (which is chest-height). Who knows if it was that or not...but the doc says this should heal up on its own soon.
Okay, NO MORE DRAMA for a while...honest! :-)
Some Developmental Milestones
On a more mundane note, here are some new things Roo is up to...
- He's fascinated with watching his hands.
- He's putting his hands together, i.e., the left hand has "found" the right hand.
- He's sticking out his tongue a lot.
- He's laughing and playing along with us, anticipating what comes next in games like peek-a-boo and tickling.
- He's watching his feet, though not grabbing for them yet.
- He's getting better at keeping his paci in his mouth.
- He's starting to grab for the dangling toys on his bouncy seat.
I also decided to start weaning little Ollie off of his night-time feeds. I figured that he'd had two nights in the hospital and a full night here at home (the first night we got back when he slept so well) that he didn't wake up to eat...so maybe we could just keep up the momentum.
He goes to bed at about 10:30pm. Historically, he wakes up a few times to eat. But lately, I've been offering him a pacifier (instead of milk) when he wakes up. The paci seems to work well until he wakes at about 4:00am or so. I guess he's genuinely hungry by then. But now, instead of pulling him into bed with me, I've been feeding him in the living room and putting him back in his own bed afterwards.
We've only been doing it for a few nights but it seems to be working well so far. I'd like to get him sleeping from 10:30 til about 6:00 or 6:30. For a 13-week old baby, I think it's reasonable to start moving in that direction.
Once he's sleeping well at night, we'll move him out of our room and into his "big crib" in the room he'll share with Merrit. Merrit's looking forward to having Roo in the room with him. So cute!
Well, that's it for tonight...it's 11:40pm....and 4:00 comes early! :-)
1 comment:
Mir, I'm so glad to hear that everyone is better (you included)!
Love to you all, Donna
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