Rump Kicker

The Easter outfit. He's got bunnies on his feet and funnies on his face.

Now he just has lunch on his face. This is the result when he tries to help with the solid foods.

I didn't get a picture on my camera, but Aunt Traci came to visit this weekend. She hasn't seen him since Xmas and had a couple of days off. I think he might actually be double the weight. He is up to 16 pounds now. I know a lot of people hae asked, and yes - Jordan is over his fever. We never really found out what caused it, but we are thinking it has something to do with teething. I knew something was wrong because he had a fever, but I didn't realize that he was acting differently until he got back to normal. He stopped laughing for a couple of days and had no interest in playing with toys. I didn't notice that until he started laughing and playing again. He kicked that fever's butt!

Wednesday was a visit to the pulmonologist. Naturally my boy kicked butt! He is now supposed to be on the oxygen only at night. In practice, he is only on the oxygen for about 2 or 3 hours. We put the cannula in at bedtime and he usually has it out by midnight. We tried taping the cannula to his face, but he still pulls it off - and that really irritates his face. The next step is to schedule a sleep study. That will be in a few weeks. We will hook him up to a machine that measures the amount of O2 in his blood while he sleeps. If he desats (remember that?) then he fails the test. If he doesn't desat then they will start making plans to get the 50 gallon container of rocket fuel out of my bedroom.

Thursday was the day for developmental assessment. When you are a premature as Jordan, it's a good idea to have professionals check the development. He is 4 and a half months since his due date so they checked his development for a 4 month old. He kicked butt! He was not perfect, but he did well. He stands well, always deals with other people great, and is a representation of physical perfection. Well, not perfection, but he's pretty good. There are a few things that we will need to work on. He is close to sitting up, but not there yet and we have excerises for that. He stands well for his age, but he doesn't stand as straight as he should. He can turn to his side, but not all the way from front to back. Overall his ratings were good, but they did recommend him for some follow up visits. The main thing is that he needsto be followed for some time still because of the prematurity, but the therapists thought he was doing really well.