6 Month Check Up and More!

Aunt "KK" and cousin Grady.

Christian.

Birthday girl Nana and Brock.

Papa Rog and C.

Jenn and the baby goats...he is THRILLED to be picked up!

Christian on Sat... his first meal :)

C LOVES it!

B wearing most his first meal.

B.

Happy SuperBowl! We have had a big week/weekend this weekend. Starting on Friday we did out 6 month check up with Dr. Dennison. I really, really love our pediatrician and am so sad that due to Brandon's new insurance not being "in network" with the group that we will need to change. It is depressing... all my friends use him as does my sister so all my good referrals are for him! Back to the apt... Brock weighted 16 pounds, 7 oz (25% for regular 6 month old babies) was 26 1/4 long (40%) and his head size was 17" (30%) all his percentiles were for regular 6 month old babies with no regard for his prematurity. He his 3 out of 4 milestones for a 6 month old. Yeah! Doc thought that he was just amazing!!! Great, Great news!!! Christian was 14 pounds, 14 oz (8 %) was 24 3/8 long (under 5 %) and had a head size of 16 3/4 (20 %) all his measurements were on the regular 6 month chart as well! He has REALLY grown since his 4 month apt. Christian hit all markers on the 4 month baby chart and 2 of 4 on the 6 month baby chart which is SOOOOO wonderful! We did hear that we need to see a specialist for Christian's head shape. It is not uncommon in multiples and preemies to lay on your head more than a normal baby and to have a head that is flatter in one area than another. Our doc felt C was boarderline so we are going to go see a specialist for both him and Brock on Friday (I figured if one was going the other should too) for a potential helmet. I am thinking that he is an ideal candidate and we will most likely be putting one or both in a helmet to help their head be more "round" in shape. More to come if we end up in the helmet....

Next fun times for the babies was on Sat. with our first food!!! The both had oatmeal and B LOVED it and C was a little confused but did take some down. The babies for sure wore more than they ate. Brandon and I had such a great time feeding them and I see many more outfit changes in our future during the day as our feeds increase. Right now we are once a day, in a couple of days we move to two and so forth. In a couple of weeks we will add in veggies and fruit. We will slowly increase what we eat over the next few months and by 9 months be having a breakfast, lunch and dinner plus bottles. Yum!

After our first real meal we drove to Fort Worth to celebrate Nana Lois's Birthday! She turned 39, amazing since Sara is 33 :) Sara, Bryan, Brandon and I brought sides for dinner and a Nana cake for the B-day girl and had a great time!! Kathy and Alan and old family friends Tim and Darla had dinner with everyone. The babies LOVED having so many admirers and had a great time with cousin Grady. The three all got held and played with ALL day and night and loved every minute.

Sunday morning we let Brandon sleep in about an hour and nana and I feed the boys more oatmeal.... still funny and they wore most of it again. Then nana watched the boys so Brandon and I could go to their church. Always a treat! We came home, ate, packed up and got back to Dallas about 230p. Great weekend!

Brandon leaves tomorrow morning for a work trip, the boys have their helmet apt, RSV shots and also a follow up apt from C's blood clot (in the NICU) this week. They are going to really be OVER doctors after this month. It seems all docs want check ups around the 6 month mark.

On the plus side, we did get a BIT more freedom with the guys. If we are ok with them maybe getting sick we can risk taking them to indoor places like small, quite restaurants, freestanding stores on off times... that kind of thing. We have not done it yet so we will see.... RSV season is typically over in March so we are really close to not having to worry as much.

Have a great week!