Sunday, March 28, 2010

Update on L*ily

L*ily will be 5 months old tomorrow - I cannot believe it! She is doing very well - she was 10 lbs 9 oz at her 4 month check. Three days before that, she flipped from her front to her back for the first time. I laid her on her tummy for tummy time and went around the corner to get her baby keys from my bag. I came back and she was on her back with a startled look on her face. So I laid her on her tummy again and turned to get the keys - she flipped again! So, I laid her on her tummy a third time and watched this time and over she went. She likes to learn a new skill right before we go to the doctor and then show off when we get there. Sure enough, she did her flip for her doctor who told me "she is not supposed to do that yet." Way to go L*ily!

It so happens that my nephews have the same pediatrician - she is an excellent pediatrician that they were already seeing, but we were also referred to her from the hospital because she works with children with Down's Syndrome too. Shortly after I had L*ily in, M*inke reminded the pediatrician that we were related when she had taken one of the boys in. The pediatrician said, "Oh L*ily, she is one amazing baby!" It brings tears to my eyes and I ask myself, "how did I get here?" I tend to get a bit Poly*anna about things sometimes, and I know that L*ily has many challenges in front of her but these days I am trying to soak it all in amidst the juggling (this is why I can't seem to blog as often as I'd like!) and I am resting in the sentiment, Look how far we have come!

Even as I say that, I do ask for your prayers for our next brain ultrasound coming up this Friday. The purpose of this again is to monitor the size of her ventricles to see if they have increased. There was no change between the last 2 ultrasounds after they had increased slightly from birth to 2 months. The doctors are hopeful because she is meeting all of her developmental milestones thus far. I will update after I have one - likely we won't know the results until after the weekend.

3 comments:

  1. Yay, Lily!! It was so nice to finally meet her. She's a beautiful baby! I will be praying that everything turns out ok at her visit. Take care. Amy

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  2. What no pictures ?? Praying for a good report from Lilly's ultrasound on Friday. Love and Hugs to all of you :)

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  3. If you're gonna have a baby with Down's Syndrome, Jenny S., you're gonna have a superstar. Whoo, Lily!

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