We had a check up at Shands on August 24. (yes, I have been bad about updating!). Jim Beau weighed 14 lbs 15 oz and I think he weighs about 16 lbs now. His head was still in the 90th percentile while his weight was just barely on the charts! Dr. Kays asked what I had been feeding him and when I told him he said, "that boy needs some steak!" So, when we got home I steamed some top sirloin and pureed it. It looks like cat food, but I think Jim Beau likes it ok. I also made him a pasta puree and am trying to feed him things that are higher calorie. He still gags if something is not pureed enough and he still does not have any teeth.
Their only concern with Jim Beau is his weight. Even on the reflux meds he can't seem to take more than 4 oz of milk at a time. It really hit me when I saw my 5 month old niece down an 8 oz bottle. Jim Beau is 9 months old and can't drink that much! He still wakes up in the middle of the night (sometimes twice) to take a bottle and I can't complain about that. At least he is eating!
Otherwise, Dr. Kays said Jim Beau is "delightful." Duh! :)
As we were leaving we went down and got a chest xray. This is the first time they have had to put Jim Beau in the little contraption that keeps them still. He was so pitiful. It is kind of hard to explain but they sit them down and put their arms up and then enclose them in these plastic doors so they can't move. He didn't like it at all!
Here he is being delightful.
helping Dr. Dickey (look at how he handles those instruments! I just know he will be a surgeon himself someday!)
telling Dr. Dickey all about it
Thanks for the picture, Dr. Dickey!
In other news, Jim Beau starts physical therapy next week. They approved us to have once a week physical therapy in the home, which is great! He has to ride around in the car enough as it is. He needs a little help with trunk support so that he can sit up on his own. Since the time that they approved the PT, he has started crawling, which is good. I don't know that it is a real crawl, but more like an inch worm movement. Either way, he can get to where he wants to go, which is usually some sort of cord or piece of paper! At the beach last week I think he taught his cousins a thing or two about crawling!
Since the ear infection that he had back in July, he has had two more. I'm not sure that they ever really went away. This last time they tried him on a different antibiotic that I think worked better. I can't believe he is already nine months old!!! Pretty soon we will be celebrating his first birthday!
