Peanut is no longer content to just sit and watch her siblings have all the fun being “mobile”. Over the past two weeks, her large motor skill development has exploded!
Showing off her new “trick”.
She is crawling (and she’s a quick one), she is pushing herself up from her belly to sitting, and she is pulling herself up to standing! All of this has put her “right on track for an 11 1/2 month old” according to her doctors at UIHC. Of course we have to give credit where credit is due… Grandpa S., Nana O., along with Abby & Nancy from AEA Keystone have worked with Peanut diligently over the winter and spring to get Peanut to this point. Abby from Keystone still visits Peanut twice a month to “play” and give us suggestions to continue to help her stay on track.
On Wednesday Peanut had another great check-up! First, she met with the Neonatology High Risk Infant Follow-up nurse practioner. Peanut was more than happy to “pass all their tests” and do everything they asked of her. Next onto her GI appointment. Once again they are happy with her growth…she is up to 17lbs 4oz. They gave us the green light to skip another night-time feeding (4am). To prepare for this we have condensed her green bean shake feedings from 7 to 6 times a day…with more volume in each bottle. She seems very content with the little bit more in her belly. And we are happy to report that she has slept through the night the past two nights! As you can imagine, our (mom & dad’s) internal clock still wakes us up for the 4am feeding, but we’ve had no issues falling right back to sleep! 😉 A few more minor changes…we are able to cut Peanut’s daily copper supplement in half as her levels are within normal range for the first time since she was born :), but we had to increase her dose of liver medication since her levels are slightly elevated again. Doc just thinks she has outgrown the old dosage. Still waiting on blood test results from Wednesday visit, but we’re not expecting any surprises.
Peanut also got to see fireworks for the first time! She was happy to watch, squeal, and clap….while Lulu held tight to dad and glanced up every once in a while. This was Lulu’s first fireworks up close…last year she watched from a safe and quiet distance away in the car. And of course Potato Boy and Sissy enjoyed the show as much as Peanut!
Peanut also wants to remind you that she has her first birthday coming up in two weeks. We’re working hard on a very special celebration! More to come on that. We hope you all had a fun and safe 4th of July!
Yup…she’s almost 1!!!
