Easter Update

Although Easter was actually over two weeks ago, this month has gone by so fast, it really does seem like it was just the other day...but anyway, we've had a great month thus far!! Alexa LOVED decorating Easter eggs and finding them (when we got home from church, we alternated hiding eggs all afternoon - first Mommy hid them, then Daddy hid them, then Alexa, and on and on and on...)

Here's a few cute photos!




Brody's had an AWESOME month! At the end of March, Brody had his 9-month well baby visit - he only weighed 15 lb 9 oz, which was only 3 ounces more than his weigh-in at the end of February, but, it was five ounces more than the previous week when he went to the doctor for strep throat, so I found it positive that he had gained five ounces in five days! And, at 27", he was finally on the chart for height! His head has always been on the chart, typically in the 25th percentile, although now his head is up to the 35th percentile (he's my bobble head baby).

I started panicking, however, because once he recovered from strep, he wanted nothing to do with his baby food - he's always loved carrots and sweet potatoes, so I cooked some alongside our dinner and offered him those, and he loved them. Over the past two weeks, he has made unbelievable progress with his eating and is doing well with eating just about everything we do, in small bites. They had told me when he started the reflux medicine that it could be four to six weeks before his throat and esophagus healed, and it was pretty much six weeks to the day that his eating began improving.

He goes in for another weight check next week, and I can't wait to see how much he's gained! He's much more confident with his movements and can get himself into the crawling position; he's just not sure how to go anywhere. He also stands really well if we put him next to something he can hold on to. He has a physical therapist working with him on his movements as well as the early interventionist, and he has a speech therapist working with him on 'talking' and eating. All said that the effects of reflux can be underestimated, and they really feel that his late diagnosis is the reason for all his delays. There has definitely been a noticeable change this month in his activity level and his food consumption, and I can't wait to see where he'll be next month (when he turns a year old!!).

With the great spring weather, we took the kids to the zoo last weekend. We bought a membership that will allow us to visit as many times as we want over the next year, so I think we'll be spending a lot of time at the zoo! Alexa loves it - she enjoyed seeing the llama and feeding the goats at the petting zoo and was quick to point out that she could do both those things this summer at grandma's house! She also went on her very first pony ride at the zoo, which I think will be an activity she wants to repeat. Brody enjoyed being strolled, as you can see!