Last week our little baby man turned 2 months old! At his well baby visit, he was 14 lbs 5 oz and 25 1/4" long. He is a big boy just like his sister! It just astounds me how fast he is growing. Last month, he looked like a skinny old man and now he is just a cute little chunky monkey. He is such a good and sweet baby.
Around 6 months old, we have to get an MRI done on him. He has the symptoms of what they call a tethered cord. It is essentially a sacral dimple that is very hairy. I have a picture of it, but I am debating posting it. Lots of people have this dimple, but APPARENTLY the hair makes it suspicious. Here is more info about a tethered cord. I have talked to a lot of people recently who have the dimple and the doctors don't think twice about it. All I know is he said he wanted to get an ultrasound done but then said, "no, I think we need to get the MRI". Apparently, the ultrasound isn't as reliable. They like to wait until at least 6 months to do an MRI because they have to sedate them...that being said, Lily had an MRI done at 3 days old, then again, she was all hopped up on phenobarbital. I am taking this along with the heart murmur one day at a time. I can't worry about it until they tell me there is something to worry about. Again, we are very lucky to have this sweet baby in our lives. I'm not wasting one second of his babyhood fretting over something that MIGHT be.
Miss Lily
Sheesh, were do I start with this little hot mess??!! She is getting to be such a big girl and we are so very proud of her. Right now, she is learning her shapes, colors and a few letters. As far as her shapes she knows triangle, circle, heart, star, oval, and square. With her colors, she knows, red, green, blue, pink, and purple. Such a little sponge these days...a sponge that repeats EVERYTHING but a sponge nonetheless. At her last ECI visit, she was 31 lbs and 35" tall. She is doing much better with her "baby bubba" these days. She loves him so much and is such a big helper.
Having the two of them has it's pros and cons. I feel like our day FLIES by and our routine is more set in stone then it has ever been. I love that. A massive con is that we are entering the "terrible twos" and getting out and about is nearly impossible to do in a time frame where she doesn't have a meltdown and he doesn't have to eat. We don't go very far without daddy there to help, but we do stay busy.
