Nine month well visit
Last Thursday daddy took Owain to his nine month well visit. I was a little disappointed that I was not able to go because I had to work.I asked daddy to take a picture of Owain during his appointment(I know I am such a first time mom and a little camera happy). The picture above is Owain sitting on daddy's lap waiting for Dr.H.He doesn't turn nine months until the twenty-fifth of this month. We actually moved his appointment a few weeks early. We were concerned with his eating habits.Owain has never really been a huge eater. He tends to eat only a few ounces at a time. The most would be three to five ounces.Unless we offer him solid food which he loves. If we would let him he would probably eat solid food all day long unless it is banana or peaches. Those seem to be the two foods he least likes. Anyways back at his six month well visit Dr.H suggested only feeding him solids twice a day(I was giving him solid three times a day) that way hopefully he will want to drink more of his bottles. We tried that and it didn't really seem to make much of a difference. Depending on the day. He would have some days where he would drink all of his bottles and other days he would barely drink 1-2 ounces at a time. This can be very frustrating. Every since we brought Owain home from the NICU back in March we have been trying to fatten him up and get him out of the one percentile for weight. We even give him a higher calorie formula. He is on 25cal and he is still in the one percentile.
Last month when we took Owain to the doctor because he had a cold he lost a few ounces.A few ounces may seem like not that much but for Owain it is a lot.He was a little under 14 pounds. I am always worrying about his weight. Because of the ounces he lost he was no longer on the curve as far as his weight. Well I am happy to report that he is back on the curve! He now weighs 14lb. 7oz. He still is little and only in the one percentile for weight but the important thing is he is back on the curve. Dr. H wasn't to concerned with his eating habits. Daddy showed her a log of all of his food and bottle intake and she was pleased with how much he has been eating. Since he hasn't lost any weight since his cold and he is gaining again she told us not to worry. His height is 26.5 inches so that makes him in the tenth percentile. Which keeps him on the curve and his head 18inches! Yes our baby boy as a big head. His head is in the 75precintile still. Which is really good that means he has a big brain and maybe one day his body will catch up to his head.
Since his appointment last Thursday we stared feeding him twice as much solids and Owain is loving it! He loves his solids and since we started feeding him more solids he has been eating more of his bottles! Woohoo!way to go little man! Keep it up your going to have chunky thighs in no time!
So glad that he is doing so good!!
Amber, in answer to your question on my blog, Rhett's hernia was right smack in the middle. He was born with the hole, and the intestines would come up and go back down. It wasn't until he was 16 months old that they found the intestines stuck. They then went back through all of his chest xrays from when he was born up until then and could see the hole, and certian times that there was tiny bit of intestine up through the hole. The Dr.s said they had never seen anything like that ever happen, nor had they heard of it ever happening.
The only answer we have to it, is that Rhett was also born with a major heart defect, and had he have had the intestines going into his chest at birth along with his heart defect, there is no way he would have survived. I guess it was God's way of telling us that Rhett was meant to be here.
Even when he did have the surgery, (yes they used a gortex patch) was when he was overdosed on pain meds and we almost lost him. But yet here he still is, hanging out with us and we are so happy to have him.
When they did his Nissen and G-tube surgery in June, they did it open, and actually found that the patch had almost compeltey popped, and he was very close to re-herniation. So again, we were blessed to catch it before it became a problem. Everything seems to happen for a reason with this kid, and at just the right time.
I have never known anyone who has so many gaurdian angles watching out for him at one time! :)
I hope that answered your questions. I am still working on linking to you on my site, and I do lurk here too!!
(((HUGS)))
Pam Rhett's mom.
You can also email me anytime if you have any other questions. mom2rhett@hotmail.com
That is wonderful news! I am so glad to see that he is doing so good! I pray for you guys often!
Yeah Owain! He's going to be packing on those ounces before you know it:)
I love his little toga too!
darcy