Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Andrew update- home now 3 and a half months

As you can see he is upright more and more... He loves having a towel for a "lovey". We see him actually feeling objects as you can see in the black and white picture and a previous one of him in his bed with a bball. He also stands more in the jolly jumper... we know he can walk and we are waiting for him to just do it... when he is comfortable and trusts the environment and his body I am sure he will on his own.

I shared also that he is now eating well at least for the time being... up to 7 and half bottles and in the last 2 weeks before he gained another 2.1 lbs...He is particular about who he likes to give him his bottles... Joseph and Cate are his favorites and they can get him to eat.

He sleeps well and has less times of being cranky or fussy. Most of those times we can tell he is frustrated with his body ...and we try to find a distraction. He loves swings and his jolly jumper.

On April 2, Cate and I took him to a special pediatric dentist/oral surgeon. He agreed he will need to be under general anethesia for a good cleaning and whatever else he would need. From the quick look inside it did not appear that he had any cavities or other issues than the tartar build up... of course he will know more once he is at the hospital for this. So we are waiting for the insurance authorization since this doctor is out of network... but because of his special needs they have waived that and will treat it like in network... God once again provides.

I have lots of video I try to share but blogger doesn't upload it.. so enjoy this one of my sweetheart. I loved watching him enjoy playing.. especially when he followed a command from Cate to, " Can you hit it?"








3 comments:

Kathleen said...

I just love that big grin!

Jodi said...

Oh, he is so sweet!
That is the sweetest smile too :)

How lucky he is to have such a nice big sister.

It's good to hear how he is doing, he is such a special little boy.

Jodi

wvamom said...

I'm amazed at how well he is doing! What a blessing you have been to him.