Getting Bigger and Stronger

Hi everyone. Morgan is doing awesome. His two bottom teeth are really coming in now. He has had some congestion recently but no fever so I'm really hoping we can avoid any flu activity this winter season. I am going to try to keep him away from really populated places. Morgan is also getting better at sitting and standing. This evening he stood against the couch for quite a while. He isn't crawling yet but will push himself backwards on his belly on the wood floor. So he is getting there. He is eating oatmeal cereal mixed with baby food three times a day while weaning down his formula intake.

10 Months Old

I really need to get better about posting. Well Morgan turned 10 months old on September 27 and is around 21 pounds something. We are working on sitting by ourselves. He can hold himself up but will fall to one side eventually. He is getting better and stronger though. We have decided that he is going to be a dragon for Halloween. There is a picture of him wearing the head piece to his costume. Morgan continues to be active, he already loves electronics, wanting the remote and camera. He started to say da da da recently which is neat to hear. Big news is that is two bottom teeth have cut through and are really coming in which is very exciting and his formula no longer needs to be thickened at all! This is exciting for mommy and daddy who no longer have to buy the thickener. Morgan is just growing up so fast :)

Quick Update

Morgan continues to do well. He has been doing very well at the daycare during the day and we really like the lady we found, we are lucky to have found her. Morgan has gotten a lot better with eating off of a spoon and really likes sweet potatoes, applesauce and bananas. We are working with him on sitting up on his own without falling to the side. He continues to sleep through the night which we are very thankful for. I have also noticed lately that when a toy is in front of him that he can't reach he will get frustrated because he doesn't know how to move forward to get it. He loves to "play" (meaning put in his mouth) paper and he likes to reach for the magnets and papers on the refrigerator. It is so amazing how quick they grow and how fast they learn.

9 Months Old Today

Wow, I really need to blog more. Morgan is 9 months old today! That just seems so crazy to me! He is doing awesome. At his last appointment he was 19 pounds 5 ounces. He rolls over consistently from back to belly and belly to back, grabs his feet all of the time, puts everything into his mouth and drools quite a bit. We are working on sitting up on his own and waiting for that first tooth to come in. Morgan started daycare on Monday. I found a lady who had been a Fairfax NICU nurse for 9 years and is just now starting a home daycare to be able to stay home with her two young children. She is absolutely awesome. She knows exactly what Morgan has been through and is very aware of hand washing. Morgan is her first daycare child but a new child will be starting this Monday. Morgan does very well at her house and always smiles when I drop him off. I have posted a couple of pictures we had taken at Target last weekend.

8 Months Old

Morgan is doing awesome and getting so big. He will be 8 months old tomorrow, hard to believe. He is weighing in at 17 pound 9 ounces! He is talking more now, likes to scream to hear his own voice. He is starting to hold his bottle a little bit and tries to put everything in his mouth and drools. He is rolling over consistently from belly to back but can't quite get from back to belly yet. He likes to play in his exersaucer but only for a little bit. GO HOKIES!

Right on Schedule

Hello everyone. Just a quick post. Morgan continues to do well. He is sleeping much better at night with the oxygen. He is sleeping more hours at a time at night usually only waking up once. Morgan was evaluated by Early Intervention last week which is an organization to help children that are behind and may need speech or physical therapy. Both therapists were very happy with how Morgan was developing and didn't see any need for intervention at this time. They said he was right on track for a 3 month old and was doing 4 and some 5 month old activities! I included a picture of the diaper cake I made for my sister-in-laws baby shower and a picture of Morgan with his maternal great grandmother.

7 Months Old

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. We have had to start putting Morgan back on oxygen at night and he doesn't sleep nearly as well with the oxygen, he gets up 3 or more times a night as opposed to once a night so we haven't been getting as good of sleep. For a while there Morgan was doing well at night but over the past week he has started to drop down to the low 90's and the doctor wants him over 95%. Morgan was 15 pounds 6 ounces at the pumonologist on Thursday, so they dropped him down to 22 calorie formula!! So we'll have to make sure he can keep gaining weight on lower calories. Morgan is 7 months old today. It's hard to believe it has been months. Morgan is getting much better at grabbing and kicking toys on his play mat. He has also started rolling over from back to belly and belly to back. I have only seen him roll from back to belly but Brad said he had laid him on his belly on the floor one morning left the room and when he came back Morgan was on his back. So that is exciting to see him keep developing on schedule. I included a picture of Morgan with his cousins (my sisters boys).