Can you believe I'm 6 months old now????? This picture is of Baylor on Friday, he is now officially 1/2 year old now. It makes me sad to think our baby is growing up so quickly, however we have made great progress and it's nice to have such a sweet little boy who is gaining more independence and learning so many new things each and every day. Baylor has been quite sick for the last 3 weeks with Bronchiolitis and we have made 4 trips to the Doctor, breathing treatments, & steroids. The Doctor told me on Friday, that it can take up to 6 months for his lungs to heal. He said that anytime he gets a cold to expect a relapse of the wheezing and a need for the breathing treatments. Ugh!!! For now he seems to be over this thank you Jesus!
Sticking his little tongue out at his mommy :o)
Baylor come on give peas a chance :o). He has now eaten rice and oatmeal cereal, sweet potatoes, squash, and now peas. So far he really seems to be enjoying all the flavors of new foods. We are hoping that when we take him to his 6 month check up the Dr. will tell us we can switch him off the Alimentum formula to something a little more affordable. He does not seem to be having as much trouble with his reflux as he is not spitting up as much and before when he did spit up it smelled like pure acid. When he is spitting up, it does not have that horrible smell, just formula smell now.
We took him on Thursday to Cranial Technologies for an evaluation of the flattening on the back of his head. They said the shape of his head is called Brachycephaly with squamoid bulging. His is positional due to the reflux he had in the first 5 months of life. We were told by his Pediatrician to prop him up after his meals in his car seat, swing, & bouncy seat to let gravity help keep his meals down. We also let him sleep sometimes in his bouncy seat (I know, I know but you do what you have to for a little sleep :o) ). Anyway now he will be fitted for a DOC Band and we go this week Thur for the 3D photos. They said we should expect for him to wear his for 2-3 months depending on how fast his head grows. We will be taking him in either every 1-2 weeks as well depending on how fast his head grows for appts. to shave off the inside of the helmet to allow for more growth in the areas where the growth is not being held. We are so lucky as there are only 16 cities in the US with the Cranial Technologies Clinics and the one here is only about 30min. from our house located beside Phoenix Children's Hospital. The Clinician told us that they have had many clients come weekly or bi-weekly for these 15 min visits from several hours away. Please pray for Baylor that he will adjust well to this helmet and that his little head will round out quickly.
This is Bennett this morning just after his Karate tournament. He placed 1st for Kumite and 3rd for Kata. We are so proud of him and continue to be amazed at his focus and determination with his karate. He has made huge growth in the last month and his Sensei told us today how proud she was of him and his hard work. He has 3 hours of practice a week and would go more if we would let him. We are about 3 weeks away from Nationals and he is looking so forward to it. He is not nervous at all, but don't worry his mommy and daddy are a ball of nerves the whole time he is out there :o).
Bennett will go in this week on Wednesday and have four teeth pulled under general anesthesia. He has 2 adult teeth coming in behind his baby teeth on the bottom. I was brushing his teeth for him and noticed 2 teeth starting to poke through. We had our follow up with the dentist from when he tore his frenulum and the Dr. said we needed to get the baby teeth out quickly to allow the new teeth to move forward. Bruce had to have all but 2 of his baby teeth pulled as none of his ever fell out, so I guess Bennett is following in his footsteps. The dentist said they will usually pull at least 4 at a time and can pull as many as 7 or 8. Please pray for Bennett as he has his teeth pulled on Wed. that he will not be scared or have too much pain following the extraction.
This is Brayden from this morning, he is such a big boy now. He has moved to the 3 yr. old Sunday school class at church since he is potty trained and has moved to the 3 1/2 -5 yr. old parents day out class on Wednesdays. We have been working with him on self control and discipline and he has made great progress. We are not having near as many tantrums and outbursts and his is just such a funny little comedian to be around. He is wearing size 4 and 5 now and is wearing Bennett's clothes from last summer. He loves to eat and his famous line is. "I'm still hungry" Oh boy we are in for it when we have to feed all the boys and their friends. I'm scared for my food budget :o).
Our funny little Bray Bear.
A funny little story the other day between Bruce and Brayden.
Bruce: Brayden I wish I had your legs because they are so muscular
Brayden : But daddy you would look funny because my legs are too short for you.
Bruce: Ha Ha your right Brayden they would be too short :o).
We have such great kiddos .
We are very sad to say, that on Tuesday March 11th our Oma went home to be with the Lord. She would have been 92 on April 28th. This is a picture of her and the boys taken at Thanksgiving this past year. We will miss her and her sparkly personality. She always had so much energy and would literally run laps around me. :o)
Mommy and Baylor at Mommy and Me on Monday at our Easter Party.
Brayden and the Easter Bunny at our party.
Brayden and his little Easter bag that he made for his Easter egg hunt. He found 4 eggs and had so much fun this year.
Baylor jumped so much that he fell asleep. I looked over at him one minute and he was awake and jumping and the next he was asleep. I promise I took him out and put him in his crib just after I snapped this picture. I also took Baylor for his 6 month check up on Tuesday March 11th and he weighed 18 lbs. 3 oz. 75%, height 28 1/2 inches 100%, and Head Circumference 17 3/4 inch 75%. He is getting so big! She also said when I ran out of my supply of Alimentum, then we could try switching to regular formual. Yeah!!!
Here is Bennett this morning just after we got home from having his 4 bottom teeth pulled. He was given some Versed to drink which was to make him sleepy. I took him back out front and read to him for about 10-15 minutes and when the assistant came back for him, she asked if he was sleepy. He said no and then slammed his head back into the wall and fell asleep :o). I guess he was sleepy after all. After about 15 minutes they came back and got me and said he is ready to go. We only live like 2 minutes max from the Pediatric Dentist so we were back home and he was resting on the couch by like 9:30am. He is holding his newest Build-A-Bear friend that we got him to make the experience better and so he would not feel scared since he had to go back without mommy and daddy. His daddy is feeding him a smoothie right now. Yummy!!!
They gave us his little baby teeth so the tooth fairy can come tonight. How much money does 4 pulled teeth get? I was thinking $5 per pulled tooth. Does anybody have a suggestion?
