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Monday, April 25, 2011
Easter 2011
We spent Easter in Steph's hometown of Lenoir, NC. Donny enjoyed hunting for Easter eggs, blowing bubbles, playing with Play-Doh, and eating candy (especially purple Peeps). Alex made it through an hour long church service without crying - an Easter miracle! Alex is smiling more, and we even managed to catch him laughing on video. Happy Easter!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
He's a biggun...
We took Alex to get his last Synagis on Friday 3/18/2011. He had to get weighed and he is up to a whopping 10lb 9oz. So happy at his progress in catching up. :) Now, if the colic would just go away we'd be set! :) will try to post some new pics later.
-steph
-steph
Friday, March 4, 2011
2 month checkup
Alex had his 2 month check up on 3/2. He's growing like a weed-- he's 9lb 2.5oz and 21 inches long now! still doesn't fit on the regular growth curve for his actual age but for his corrected age he's great size. also on the preemie chart he is kicking butt at 1 standard deviation above the mean on all of his measurements. We are happy he is doing well. he is fussy at night (a little colicky) but it's still hard to complain much.
Don added some new videos to many of the blogs below so check them out. :)
Love,
Stephanie
Don added some new videos to many of the blogs below so check them out. :)
Love,
Stephanie
Monday, February 28, 2011
hurray spring!
Spring is probably our favorite season in the Alm household - the temperature outside is just right for playing outside again and the days are getting longer. Donny has been loving the chance to play outside - riding his sweet tricycle that he got from Santa, playing baseball or just goofing around. I think he'd live outside if we'd let him. My computer is currently sans power (the power cord accidentally made a trip to Lenoir without me) so I don't have my computer to download pictures but I will soon.
Alex's next doc appt is 3/2/11 - his 2 month checkup - hard to believe! He has been kinda cranky recently but hopefully this will pass. Overall he is a great baby and a blessing beyond belief. And big brother Donny is great - the other day he heard Alex crying from upstairs and he came flying down the stairs saying "I'm coming Alex". He got down the stairs and sang songs to him - Twinkle Twinkle little star and ABCs. We got video so will try to post that soon as well.
-Stephanie
Alex's next doc appt is 3/2/11 - his 2 month checkup - hard to believe! He has been kinda cranky recently but hopefully this will pass. Overall he is a great baby and a blessing beyond belief. And big brother Donny is great - the other day he heard Alex crying from upstairs and he came flying down the stairs saying "I'm coming Alex". He got down the stairs and sang songs to him - Twinkle Twinkle little star and ABCs. We got video so will try to post that soon as well.
-Stephanie
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Monday, February 21, 2011
0 days old! and poop in the potty!
Alex is today officially due! So, that makes Alex's corrected/adjusted age 0 days old! It only took 6 weeks and 4 days to get here so it's a big step! It's still hard to believe he was so early but we are happy he is here and is really doing well. (now, if he would just sleep... it's so hard to sleep when you are refluxing like crazy and trying to poop and/or pass gas all night!).
Speaking of poop - we are still very much working on the potty training thing with Donny. He still isn't really interested and until yesterday 2/20 he had never pooped on the potty. Well, Don caught him in the office that morning squatting down obviously trying to do his business in a rather away place so Don scooped him up and plopped him down on the potty where we had our first successful attempt at pooping on the potty. :) We celebrated with a present and some birthday cake. He loves birthdays (and mom and dad love that we can make the kid super happy with just a slice of cake -- well, all he actually eats is the icing but nonetheless...). Yes, it is silly to get so excited over something so little but if he can actually potty train, he can move up a class at daycare/school. Until then he is stuck in the 2 year old class.
In other funny news, we caught Donny the other day playing with a toy funnel he got in a science kit. He was putting it on his chest. We asked him what he was doing when he told us he was getting milk for Alex. I guess he's seen mommy pumping too much... At any rate, we did catch it on video (though he was much more shy about it on video... I think he figured us out) and we'll try to post it before long.
Love, Steph
Speaking of poop - we are still very much working on the potty training thing with Donny. He still isn't really interested and until yesterday 2/20 he had never pooped on the potty. Well, Don caught him in the office that morning squatting down obviously trying to do his business in a rather away place so Don scooped him up and plopped him down on the potty where we had our first successful attempt at pooping on the potty. :) We celebrated with a present and some birthday cake. He loves birthdays (and mom and dad love that we can make the kid super happy with just a slice of cake -- well, all he actually eats is the icing but nonetheless...). Yes, it is silly to get so excited over something so little but if he can actually potty train, he can move up a class at daycare/school. Until then he is stuck in the 2 year old class.
In other funny news, we caught Donny the other day playing with a toy funnel he got in a science kit. He was putting it on his chest. We asked him what he was doing when he told us he was getting milk for Alex. I guess he's seen mommy pumping too much... At any rate, we did catch it on video (though he was much more shy about it on video... I think he figured us out) and we'll try to post it before long.
Love, Steph
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Friday, February 18, 2011
growing like crazy and an infected finger
So Alex is growing like crazy! Today he had to go into the doctor just to get a special shot called Synagis. It is to help protect him from an infection called RSV. Because he was a preemie and has a brother in daycare and a mom who's a doctor and a family history of asthma/wheezing he is at high risk from bad problems if he gets RSV. Synagis should protect him from RSV if he comes in contact with it. This is why we are practically hibernating in the house until peak flu season and RSV season is over because it is so dangerous for him when he is little. It's also why it's a rule during these seasons you have to have had your flu shot to come visit him because he can't get a shot himself at this age to help protect him from flu. Anyhow, long story short he had to get weighed today to make sure the dose was right and he is now 8 lbs 3 oz! This means he has gained from 6lb 11oz to this in just 16 days! No wonder it seems like he needs to eat all of the time! It's hard to believe that he still isn't even due yet (at least not until Monday!). We are glad he is doing well. He has gotten over his cold but still sounds congested because he eats so much sometimes he spits up out of his nose (GROSS)!!!
And since everything happens always at once, Donny decided he couldn't be outdone and has a badly infected third finger on his right (dominant) hand. We aren't sure how it started but he is all boy so likely a little scrape on his finger or something. Either that or a little break in his skin because of his eczema. Either way it got infected very badly to the point of if the oral antibiotics didn't at least slow it down and start it getting better he would have had to be hospitalized for IV antibiotics. and to think if it hadn't been for sticky hands from valentines candy we wouldn't have noticed it to start medicine right away and it probably would have requiried hospitalization. Thank goodness for some delicious treats! So far the finger is stable to maybe a little better but keep saying prayers that the antibiotic (clindamycin and mupircin) keeps working and Donny keeps taking it and letting us put bandages on it because it tastes AWFUL and the finger hurts so he doesn't want us to touch it. Also pray that Donny doesn't hurt too badly.
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And since everything happens always at once, Donny decided he couldn't be outdone and has a badly infected third finger on his right (dominant) hand. We aren't sure how it started but he is all boy so likely a little scrape on his finger or something. Either that or a little break in his skin because of his eczema. Either way it got infected very badly to the point of if the oral antibiotics didn't at least slow it down and start it getting better he would have had to be hospitalized for IV antibiotics. and to think if it hadn't been for sticky hands from valentines candy we wouldn't have noticed it to start medicine right away and it probably would have requiried hospitalization. Thank goodness for some delicious treats! So far the finger is stable to maybe a little better but keep saying prayers that the antibiotic (clindamycin and mupircin) keeps working and Donny keeps taking it and letting us put bandages on it because it tastes AWFUL and the finger hurts so he doesn't want us to touch it. Also pray that Donny doesn't hurt too badly.
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