GI doctor

The visit to the GI doctor went well. She is pleased with Josh's progress and has discharged us (unless we have any other issues). Since we took Josh off the Prevacid and he seems to be having no reflux issues, there is really no reason to see her. That is what we were seeing her for originally. He still has a few "poopy" issues, but she said to continue him on the Miralax for as long as he needs, usually until they are potty trained at least.

We stopped at Yale to see his team again today. We got to see a few of our favorite people, but not too many today. They were either not working or too busy to visit. It was good though. We did miss our fellows though!

Other than that, there is not too much to update. I have pictures from our apple picking weekend, but I haven't downloaded them from the camera yet. I will add them soon. Josh is still not walking, but getting braver all the time now. He does stand for a few seconds on his own before he falls over. He has finally in the last month or so, stopped belly crawling and is crawling on his hands and knees so that is a great developement! Other than that, there is nothing exciting to report which is a good thing on it's own! He is progressing at a normal pace and for that we are truly thankful!

Yay!

Josh got weighed today and is 20 pounds 10 ounces.. We finally hit the 20 pound mark! He is 30 1/4 inches long. He is on the charts (5th percentile) for his height but not quite on the charts for his weight. This is for his actual age and not for his adjusted age, so that is really good considering! His noggin is also on the charts... this is also a YAY!!

He did get some shots today and that did not make him happy (but is any kid happy after shots??). All in all he is doing really well!

19 months

HI everyone!! I have been really BAD about updating lately. Shame on me!

We went on a family vacation the beginning of August. There is an indoor waterpark in Massachusetts that I found. Good for me because I am crappy out in the sun.. I get sick and of course sunburned. Good for Josh too since he is a product of his parents... Irish/Swedish among other "mealy" white nationalities! He did NOT want to sit down in the water. He wanted to stand.. and of course, have someone hold his hands so that he could walk around the pool.

Josh loved the fountain at the kiddie pool. We spent most of our time there.

Look at the happy water baby!

It was a good time. We spent two days there. The teenagers took off on their own for most of the time. We rented a cabana which was a small room with a fridge so that we could put Josh's milk in there and have a place for him to nap.

Josh is still not walking but he is well on his way. Getting more brave every day, letting go but still hasn't taken any steps. He cruises around everything!

He is into self feeding these days. He hates it when we try and feed him now but there are still some things that we don't let him do himself... REALLY messy things. I did let him do pasta and sauce tonight... you can see the results! But he does love his food! We are so lucky that there are no feeding issues. Check out the curly hair! We haven't given him Prevacid in over a month and he seems to be fine without it. That means the only med he is taking now is Miralax. What a difference from when he came home from the hospital.

His latest is "hi baby". This is what I say to him when I come home in the evening. The first time he said it, Dave and I just looked at each other like "did he really say that?". Yes he did! I finally got it on video. Now it's "bye-bye" whenever someone is leaving, either the room or the house. I do have to say he is too cute but of course I am biased!

Well this is all I have for now. He has his 18 month checkup on Tuesday so we get a weight. I am hoping he has finally surpassed the 20 pound mark. He is so active these days, it's tough to keep the weight on. He sees the GI doctor the end of the month so I will update after those appointments.