Peter is dreaming of a winter wonderland . . .
Check out my new hat . . . Grammy made it for me (it matches the sweater she and Aunt Allison made for me) . . . I am sooo fashionable!Peter had his developmental follow-up appointment at the NICU yesterday so I thought I would share some details from that exceedingly long appointment! Peter now weighs 14 pounds and is 25 3/4" tall. As I have previously mentioned, there is a Very Low Birth Weight growth chart that the doctors use to chart Peter's growth . . . he continues to be our long and lean little guy as his height is in the 95th+ percentile and his weight is in the 50th percentile. At this appointment, Peter was seen by Dr Thurin (our favorite neonatologist), Janelle (our favorite occupational therapist) and Judy (the dietitian). All gave him great reviews. He is physically doing very well. His lungs are clear and his growth is right on track. Janelle said most of his skills are far surpassing his gestational (and some his actual age). However, he does have a fair amount of tightness (due to an overdeveloped muscle) in his back. So, we are working on stretching him out at every possible opportunity. This is nothing to be concerned about, but we want to make sure it doesn't develop into anything serious. Judy is happy with his growth and is pleased with our food choices for him. She has given us the go ahead for meats and those yummy (or not so yummy to adults) crackers that kiddos like to gnaw on.
Now onto some pictures . . .
I am tired of peas, Daddy . . . please, no more . . .
Peter regularly falls asleep halfway through his evening meal . . . it is the strangest thing . . . it isn't like he nods of slowly . . . he's eating one minute and the next? He's out like a light . . . usually for about 15 minutes, then he wakes up, happily finishes his meal and eats a full bottle . . . he's a weird little dude!
This is what happens when Daddy decides that squash makes an excellent medium for face painting (to be clear, Peter is a very tidy eater!)
