7 Months

Emma is now 7 mos. Wow it goes so fast! She is enjoying baby food and has about 1 jar per day in addition to 2 bottles with cereal and nursing twice a day. She was 16lbs 9oz and 27" last week at her GI appt. She is still sleeping a long time at night, usually 7:30pm to 9am-ish, and napping 2-3 times a day. She has started trying to wave at us this week when we say "Hi Emma." Will and Emma get each other into fits of giggles and with their funny stridor laughs, it's crazy-sounding around here sometimes. Emma's been rolling around a lot, especially at night. Even though she's still swaddled, she rolls over and sleeps on her tummy like a glow worm. She is still not sitting well or pushing her chest off the ground, but hopefully she'll get it down soon or we might have some PT in the future. Many times laryngomalacia will affect development milestones, and from sharing with other LM parents, sitting seems to be a major one that's affected.

They both had an ENT check up today. Will was scoped and we found that his vocal cords are not paralyzed (yay!), they just don't move quite the right way. The ENT couldn't put his finger on the problem right away, but said they seemed almost to be working against each other or something. They might do some breathing tests or a scope under general anesthesia (like Emma had) to investigate further, but no procedures have to be done at this point. The doc said Will was probably born with a similar condition as Emma, just not as severe. We are finally getting Will’s hearing checked again too. He had hearing loss before his tubes were put in at 18 mos and never had a follow up. Overall a good appointment, better than we had expected. We also got the letter we need to send to the EFMP committee to try to get Emma's status changed to category 5 so we can stay here. Before we move, we need to get some other things checked out for Emma, like her heart murmur, which hopefully she's grown out of, and we might even talk to the geneticist since both kids seem to have been born with the same congenital problems.

In the next couple weeks, we are also planning to get Will a double bed. He's sleeping in his toddler bed right now, and at 42" long he doesn't fit very well anymore. Especially since he has to have all these stuffed toys sleep with him. Fortunately, his crib/toddler bed also converts to a headboard/footboard for a double bed, so we just need the mattress and frame...and sheets. He wants "Thomas" of course :) He also wants a nightlight now, so we'll be shopping around for a cute light too.