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Monday, Feb 9, 2009
Ethan weighs 15lbs 11oz & is 27" long. He had his dr appt today & everything looks good. He is 2 mos behind developmentally though. His ped is not surprised or concerned by that at this time. She told us ways to work with him & we are already doing most of what she recommended (playing on the floor with his toys, putting him on his tummy & then backing up to encourage crawling, trying to get him to say dada or mama, ect) She also recomended that we start getting him to use sippy cups as this will help him develope his fine motor skills. He can hold a bottle he just wont so she thinks that sippy cups will help to encourage him to want to hold a bottle. Right now I am just going to start with once a day & see where that leads us. As he does better then I will use it more often. She also wants us to switch his formulas to Enfamil Lipil when he turns 9 mos. As far as him eating meats go 9 mos is the norm but it is essentially up to us. We are thinking we are going to hold off a little (til probably 10 mos) on that for now the fruits & veggies are good. The ped wants us to watch him for a while for a hernia. Due to him being preemie & now he's working on crawling he is @ the stage where one can occur. She checked but naturally my kid wouldn't stop crying so it was hard to tell. For some reason Ethan has white coat syndrome. He sees the dr & he just screams. The only way to keep him quiet is to hold him. She tried to gain Ethan's trust by cuddling him & giving him little kisses on the head. Just when she thought he would be ok she set him down on the table to look in his ears & he just started screaming again. I think he must still remember the NICU & all the needles they used on him. LOL. He is all caught up with his vacs s til 1 yr so he didn't need any shots this time. Hopefully he will do better when he's a yr old.
Ethan is getting more independant by the day. He doesn't want to be held too much anymore, he's a man on the go now. When he gets frustrated that he can't get to whatever he has set his sights on (usually the cats) he just rolls to it. He has figured out that log rolling will get him to what he wants. We now have a baby gate up between the living room & dining room to keep him from going into the opposite room we are playing in sometimes he likes to play on the dining room floor so he can keep Matt in his view while dinner is being made.
Ethan is such a stinker. He was not happy for me yesterday. He was all about his daddy. Only daddy could hold him, feed him, change him, whatnot. He sure does love his time with his daddy. He has been pretty cranky this weekend his 2nd top tooth is starting to break through. The 1st one has just broken through so he has some sore little gums. Saturday he was pretty good during the day but he really got cranky at night. We took him clothes shopping Sat afternoon for some 9 mos & 12 mos sizes. Ethan has pretty much outgrown his 3-6 mos so I will be packing those away sometime this week. He will be wearing 9 mos for the spring & will be in the 12 mos just in time for all the hot weather.
I am really looking forward to Spring. It will be so nice to get Ethan outside instead of having to be in the house all day. It will be fun since he will be crawling by then so we can throw a blanket on the grass & play.
If you haven't noticed the look of Ethan's blog has changed. The picture on the home page is him when he was a few hrs old. I thought it was time for a new look since he is getting older.