TGIF!

4 month EI visit

Nina had her 4 month adjusted age EI visit today. She did great- was assessed at 4-6 months development. She does not qualify for any therapy at this time and will remain on their "tracking". We are just so pleased with her development!
Yesterday we went for her follow up non- sedated ABR test. She fell asleep on Jason's shoulder and the audiologist was able to test for 2 hours! Nina has no permanent hearing loss. (yeah!) They found that her left ear had not drained and we are going to an ENT to discuss tubes.

Eating Machine

Nina continues to amaze us with her eating.
It's just crazy! She loves all foods. And she is fun to feed. She babbles throughout the meal- smiling and cooing and having a grand time.

She has tried rice cereal -It was OK.
Then we moved on to oatmeal- Loved it.
Peas : OK
Sweet Potatoes: Loved it.
Green Beans: Loved it.
Applesauce: She could eat this for the rest of her life..has it for dessert or mixed with oatmeal (YUM!)
Carrots: We gagged on the smell but she gobbled it up.
With all this food, Miss Nina has packed on the pounds.
Tonight's weight: 12. 9 (Holy Oatmeal Batman!)

Trick or Treat!

update

Yesterday Nina received her first RSV shot.
At this appt she weighed in at 11.14 so we are just shy of 12 pounds!!
Nina's been enjoying oatmeal and sweet potatoes this week. She eats more oatmeal than she ever did rice cereal so looks like we found a new fav. She almost ate 1/4 cup (normal kid serving)in one sitting yesterday and that was after a 5oz bottle!

Here she is kinda sitting with the aid of her sun/flower toy. She actually held this position for a few minutes.

We're fine over here!

After about 1 and and half weeks of feeling under the weather, Nina pulled through and she's fine.
I am glad she was exposed to germs. It's good for her and will make her stronger!
We go in for the first of 5 months worth of RSV shots tomorrow. They will weigh Nina to make sure they give her the correct dose.
She's eating really well the past 4 days-About 24-25 oz in 24 hours. The trick to feeding Nina is a quiet room. She gets distracted easily so if the TV is on the drinking does not go so well... The solids are also going good. She is getting cereal twice a day (about 1 TB a sitting) and some sweet potatoes We are so fortunate she eats from spoon without any issues. She just opens up and swallows like it's no big deal. (knock on wood)
I read about so many preemie kids that just refuse to take food orally. It breaks my heart to read about these struggles.

Spoke too soon

Still sick over here! Stuffy and getting some relief with the humidifier! She is not coughing as much, just congestion. At least she is acting her usual happy self (not in these pictures)

This past week Nina has found her voice and loves to look at herself in the crib mirror and babble and sing and smile! It's super cute.

PS. She's not sitting up on her own, I put her in the corner and she can stay that way. I have been trying to sit her up during play time and she can sit for a couple seconds.