Made it through a week!

I haven't had to clean up any formula messes in a week! I think this has been the first week in 5 weeks that Tyler has kept everything down. Gross topic I know, but right now I feel elated that I'm not shying away from Tyler's mouth when he coughs, burps, or looks funny after a bottle.

On a more pleasant topic, EI is very happy with his progression. We talked for a while yesterday and came to the conclusion that his areas where he's behind are the motor skills. He can chatter and make all the appropriate sounds if not over do it, he is the most nosy curious baby and show interest in just about anything, despite the formula issues he is feeding very well on solids, and seems to be learning all his new skills at an appropriate pace. We are kinda excited to hear what development at Dartmouth has to say about him in a week and a half. With our luck, he'll choose to be extra stuborn that day and not show off any of his skills.

This is on Tyler's birthday. The white thing is a diaper that was too big for him during his first weeks of life. Man has he grown!

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Holy Cow! (or Penguin)

Today Tyler is one year old!

I think I know how dogs feel now that one year felt to me like 7. I'm writing this just a few minutes before 3:58 the moment he was born. Much has changed in that year

• Then: 2lb 13.8 Oz Now: 19lb > 6.5 times heavier. Uncle Tim suggests a party when he has cleared 10x his birth weight (~28 lbs). Rachel will be 95 lbs before she is 10x her birth-weight!
  

• Then: 14.5" Now: 29" exactly double! Odd side note--From the back of his neck to the bottom on his bum it measures a 1/2 inch short of his birth length.
• Then: 9 tubes, wires, Now: nothing!

This boy can grow!

A 1-year penguin pic:




The same Penguin with Rachel for Scale:



Tyler checking out the structural integrity of the pool one afternoon this week.




Early Intervention has been on us to get Tyler to push up with his arms.



He's come along way! He's almost able to to pull those legs under him himself. If you put him on all fours, he can stay there and rock.



To think in a year we have come such a long way! Go Tyler!

Much Needed Photos

All of these photos are from the last 3 days. As you can see, Tyler is his happy smiley self and Rachel gave me a rare moment looking at the camera.

It's been a week since I've cleaned up any messes. Yeah! He is still gulping the new formula down and is eating 3 small table food meals a day now. I expect a 19 to 20 pounder at his 1 year check up. Can you believe in about 2 weeks Tyler will be 1. I'm nervous about giving him anything dairy now. I'm kinda anxious to get to his 1 year appointment to discuss what this formula intolerance business means. Will he ever have milk, is he highly likely to have Ben's food allergies, does this child ever do anything the easy way. But all his appointments with various doctors are scattered about June. Till then we will cautiously add new things to his diet and hope it all stays down.

Tonight, we were getting bath time ready and Ben had both
kids on Rachel's bed. I came upstair hearing this gut tickling laughter. Rachel was playing hide and seek and Tyler was hysterical. He didn't have to see her "hide" or "appear", he started this wonderful laugh just by her words. It was the cutest darn thing.

March of Dimes Walk

Sorry that there is still no photos. We are patiently waiting for Blogspot to fix this.

We just signed up to walk in the March of Dimes Walk on June 6th at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. Check out
http://www.marchforbabies.org/SharronBenRachelTyler

Tyler feels heavy again!

Tyler loves to keep up on our toes. He's making it a month long reminder of how he's in charge here. We've got the major puking stopped now. He really seems to like his new formula. Over the last week he's taking in an average of 24 ounces a day compared to the forced 18 ounces. He's also ramping up his table food intake. We started giving him some fruit and either a waffle or pancake in the morning in addition to lunch and dinner. He keeps it all down. We've had a few nights were he's vomited a little (compared to last week) after he's in bed. Tyler also has a rather hacking cough which could be triggering the mess. I called the pediatrician again today to make sure they didn't want to see he again about the cough and get some reassurance that we are on the right track again. The nurse seemed to think we where and he just may need a little more time to let the old formula get out of his system. She also suggested we start using his nebulizer again to help with the cough. The really nice thing I noticed with Tyler to day is he's heavy again. The end of last week he lost some of his buddha belly and didn't feel as heavy as I thought he should. His little belly is round and plump again and he feels solid. Yeah! Now if only we could get him to pop those teeth. He is still a toothless wonder. (There is a really cute picture to post, but for some reason blogspot seems to have a problem)

Then Again?!?!?!

So Tyler has been doing just fine on the new Formula. After Rachel had gotten sick we decided that he has had a stomach virus that just needed to run a long slow course. He hadn't vomited in three days. The pediatrician said we could switch him back to the old formula and see what happens. Ben gave him a couple of bottles today 1/2 new and 1/2 old formula. Tyler could not hold it down. We still don't know if it's the virus or the old formula. So we are going to keep him on the new formula for a while and try the old formula in a couple of weeks. And through all of this Tyler smiles and acts normal. He barely pauses to empty his stomach and then goes about his day like nothing happened.