Monday, June 18, 2012

4 Month Check Up

What a busy past few weeks we've had!  My mom came to stay a while with us, and boy, did we stay busy!  We had doctor's appointments, shopping trips, craft projects, and whatever else we could get into. 

Luke turned four months last Wednesday and had his check up on Thursday.  He weighed 14 lbs. 14 oz. and 24.5 inches long.  He's growing like a weed!  

At his appointment his doctor mentioned he might have a mild torticollis (Click here for a quick definition).  I have been a bit concerned that he might have torticollis since he started trying to hold his head up.  (And the only reason I've even heard of the condition is because Luke's cousin has it and has been in physical therapy for it.)  The pediatrician mentioned it, but she said she just wanted us to watch it and talk about possible therapy at his 6 month check up.  Since I was already a bit concerned about it, I had a physical therapist "screen" him.  She definitely noted some signs and symptoms of torticollis and recommended therapy.  I contacted the pediatrician's and got orders for therapy.  We will hopefully start physical therapy next week and knock this problem out.  The PT we saw said it was very mild and shouldn't be terribly difficult to resolve.  

A little update on cloth diapers - 
I have to say I'm getting more and more brave.  We are almost exclusively using cloth diapers.  Luke wears them all the time even on all our outings.  We even used them on our trip to Hot Springs.  We are still trying to get the cloth at night down.  


This was one of our projects when Mom was here.  She is making us diapers!  This, we discovered, is more complicated than we realized.  But we are working out the kinks.  Pictures of the homemade diapers to come later. 


6.13.12 - Checking out my new jumperoo

6.13.12 - Granny and Luke

6.17.12 - Happy First Father's Day


6.18.12 - Leave Dad and Luke alone and you never know where you might find the kiddo

Monday, June 4, 2012

A Week of Firsts

 May 18 - Dressed up for dinner with the girls


May 19 - First time in the pool

May 20 - Bath time!
 This week has been such a busy week for me and Luke.  He made his first trip to Mississippi and Arkansas.  He met his PawPaw (my grandpa) for the first time. He also went to the zoo for the first time with the Moore clan.

May 28 - Road trip to Mississippi

May 28 - Visiting with MawMaw (my dad's mom)

May 29 - Big smile for KK (my dad's sister)

May 30 - 4 generations
We left for Mississippi Monday and made it home Wednesday night.  Then Paul Michael, Luke, and I left for Hot Springs Thursday afternoon.  We met his parents and brother & family for the weekend.
May 31 - Looking at the water with Nana

June 1 - chillin

June 2 - To the zoo we go