OK so Im a little late updating my blog but better late than never. : ) Today has been good so far. I took Bayley to get her FINAL Synagis shot for this year! woohoo!!!! Ok there were good points and not so good so Im going bullet form to attempt to shorten this.

• Weight was 14 lbs even which was not a good weight gain at all. She should be gaining approx 1 lb a month now and she weighed 13 lb 12 oz last month...YUK!
• Height was 25 inches. She has only grown 1/2 inch in the last 2 months. EHHH.
• Physical exam was good. Ears were clear so she is pulling on them cause she found them and they are fun! lol
• No sign of teeth (although she is drooling BUCKETS!)
• Excited over pulling up (although that burns calories which we dont need to do!).
• Dr. Tindle suggested sitting her down and letting her play with a bucket of toys....HAHAHAHA as if she is going to sit still for that longer than 10 minutes :/
• She got her last Synagis shot & her Hepatitis B
• She can have puffs and starter finger foods AFTER she crawls. yuk
• We are going to add rice cereal to her dinner to try to fatten her up and slowly increase her foods. Dr. Tindle also kept Bayley on the Levsin 6 drops 1 x day unless her tummy is acting up. If it is we can increase it to every 4-6 hours which should help her tolerate food more.
• We have to do weight checks at home every two weeks and report those to Dr. Tindle. We will reevaluate her weight in approximately 6 weeks and may have to go back in to discuss different things to try to get her to grow better.
• Bay had dropped two bars on the growth chart in a month and is only in the 15th percentile for a 6 1/2 month old...YUK YUK YUK.
• Dr. Tindle said the seperation anxiety is a GREAT thing. She said it showed she had bonded good with us and that is wonderful. Another check mark in our favor against Autism. Go Bay Bay.
• By one year Dr. Tindle wants Bayley to ATLEAST weigh 16 lb 8 oz!
• If all goes well we dont go back to the doctor until her ONE YEAR appointment....I dont think we will know how to act!!! We have been to the doctor ATLEAST once a month since she was born!!! WOOO HOOOO!!!!!!

So much for this being short... o well! I saw this today and it brought tears to my eyes...so many of these things fit so well and so many of these things we have OUTGROWN!!! Our Bayley is still little but man has she come a long way!

You know you're the parent of a preemie when...

1. You use strange initials (C-PAP, CCs, NICU, NG) when discussing your child.
2. You actually remember how many CCs make up an ounce.
3. You count her weight in grams.
4. The skin on your hands is peeling from washing so often!
5. You hesitate when someone asks her age, but you know exactly how much she weighs!
6. The answer to "How old is your baby?" is a story 30 minutes long!
7. When someone asks her birthday, you reply, "Which one?"
8. You start to understand some of the things they say on ER!
9. You turn into Kung-Fu Mom when someone tries to touch your baby.
10. You attempt to measure just how much spit-up she just had before you clean it up!
11. You know how much she weighs before putting her on the scale at the doctor's office
12. You cry at Maternity Ward and get mad at Baby Story.
13. You see a 7lb newborn and say "Wow! She's so BIG!"
14. Your baby is months old before he can even go to the mall.
15. When someone says how tiny your baby is, you argue that she is huge -- and to demonstrate, you whip out pictures of her in NICU.
16. You do a health check on people when they come to your house to visit.
17. You make people wash their hands before going near your child.
18. You want to scream when someone says that she just wants to have this baby now - at week 28, 32, or 34.
19. You are so amazed when someone actually tells you your baby is big for her age!
20. You tried to find a place to buy newborn size diapers in bulk.
21. You called half your relatives when the baby grew out of their first pair of pajamas!
22. You never take your child for granted.
23. You worry about RSV season and it is still weeks away . . .
24. You know what "RSV" stands for.
25. You donate her tiny clothes to the NICU and marvel that they seem so small - when they were too darn large!
26. Your daughter gets a simple cold and her doc sees her within the hour!
27. People say, "She CAN'T be __ old...she's too little!"
28. It has taken them 5 months to grow INTO newborn clothes!
29. You pick up 2 pounds of ground beef and think that your baby was born at the same weight
30. You can stare at your baby for hours when she sleeps