Month: December 2015

Kinley had an action packed day.

She started off bright and early with physical therapy. She hasn’t been tolerating it well, which is concerning her therapist. She’ll get extremely fussy during tummy time and even worse when sitting on the floor. She’s also had difficulty self-soothing, so she’ll get incredibly mad about her tummy time that she has to be picked up, cradled, and given her pacifier. It could be her reflux or she’s just not physically ready yet. I think it could be she’s just not in the mood to do things when the therapist says it’s time. Her therapist is going to consult her colleagues.

Her next stop was pulmonology for another Synargis shot. There she weighed in at 5.85 kg (12 lb 5 oz) and measured 58.5 cm (23 in.).  In six months she’s grown ten pounds.

That afternoon we went to see her pediatrician for her six month check-up. She was definitely over appointments and shared her displeasure throughout the appointment. Her pediatrician was happy with her progress and noted that, for three months corrected, she’s pretty much right on target growth wise.

You hear your car make a funny noise, but it mysteriously goes away when you take it into the shop. Your computer won’t boot up, but all you have to do is get tech support on the phone and it of course works, no problem.

Kinley’s physical therapist brought in her supervisor to get another opinion and advice for Kinley’s tummy time issues. Kinley was all smiles through the entire session. Although she still needed a little help and motivation, she had no objections to rolling, laying on her tummy, or sitting up.

We’re going to bring more focus to her pushing up and getting her comfortable in sitting positions.

We probably don’t need to worry about Kinley’s rolling much anymore.

She’s started rolling completely on her own from back to tummy. She grabs both hands, sometimes shoving one in her mouth, crunches and brings her feet up, then wobbles back and forth before flying over onto her tummy.

She’s also started rolling in her crib all on her own in the middle of the night. It’s freaked us out a bit since we’re so worried about her being face down and having trouble breathing, but all has been fine. It’s scared her on occasion too as she’ll roll over in her sleep and wake up tummy side down.

 

Kinley’s retina specialist gave us, essentially, an all clear today and is referring her back to her opthamologist.

There is still what he’d call a “shadow” of where there had been blood on the retina. There is also some slight scaring, but no traction on the retina.

We’ll still have to monitor it to make sure the scar doesn’t start to pull on the retina. He also said that she’ll likely need some close monitoring when she gets older.

Kinley has her first cold virus. She’s had a bit of a cough and some bad congestion. Given all the warnings we’ve received, mom and I have been especially worried. The pediatrician isn’t too concerned since she’s handled it so well.

We unfortunately can’t give her anything to help with her cold or her apparent teething. Due to her prematurity, the pediatricians don’t want us to risk Tylenol or Advil hurting her kidneys.

We can use saline and help suck out the excess mucus. Our pulmonologist also recommended a cool mist humidifier — not something I expected we’d ever need in Florida. Otherwise, mom says “Suck it up, Buttercup.”

To make things even more interesting, our pediatrician has also told us to try going without Nexium to see if she can manage her reflux without it.