9 Month Update

Well it has been a while…AGAIN. I can’t seem to find time to blog, and when I do have a free moment something happens. Since my last post we went in for our 9 month check up. Their weights were…

Aiden – 19 lbs 6 oz

Maxwell – 19 lbs 4 oz

Alexis – 17 lbs 3 oz

Carolyn – 15 lbs 9 oz

The doctor said we can take everyone off Neosure, but since the High Risk Clinic at MUSC has always controlled their diet we are not going to discontinue Neosure until we go in to their HRC appointment in July. Everyone is looking great, and gaining well. We aren’t supposed to go back until 12 months. A YEAR!!! Can you believe in 2.5 months they will be 1? I cannot it doesn’t seem like it has been a year already. An update on everyone…

Aiden is still improving on his sitting! He has even started turning himself while on his belly. He is taking Zyrtec for allergies, and pulmicort for his asthma. He is still coughing, but that is because he has asthma apparently. That is what Dr. Coons thinks at least. Not a lot we can do to stop the coughing. Every time we take him in for it we are told the same thing. He is gaining weight really well, and looks great so he isn’t concerned. He continues to be in a good mood even when he has coughing fits. He likes to spit a lot now. It is a little much when we feed him because you never know when he is going to spit a mouthful of food all over you. This evening it was all over my face. Nice. Not only has he learned to pffffttt all over us during meal time he also cut two top teeth. So Aiden has 4 teeth now!

Maxwell has started moving around the room in his own way. He rolls to get where he wants to be. Rolls from front to back and from back to front until he is across the room playing with whatever he can find. A lot of the time if he finds a toy that he can rub on his gums he will hold onto it until Alexis steals it from him. He still likes to hog all of the toys though…the more toys he has around him the better. He also likes to reach for whatever camera, phone or food is around him. If you have a plate of food Maxwell is always wanting to taste what you have. It doesn’t matter what it is he will taste it. So far we really haven’t found anything he doesn’t like. He especially likes Arby's sauce! He has stopped crying when you put him in the crib unless Carolyn starts really screaming then he will give a few sympathy cries, but then falls asleep. He is the happiest of the babies, but will start screaming ASAP if something happens he doesn’t like. Like Alexis stealing his toy.

Alexis, Alexis, Alexis (shaking head). What can one say about Alexis? She is crawling every where, and is in to everything. No matter if it is allowed or not. She steals toys, grabs wires, pounds on laptops, and is fast when she does it. She will pause when you call her name to tell her not to touch something, but that is all she does. Pause. Then it’s back on track. She likes to grab something and talk to it. She also likes to become so focused on whatever she wants that she takes a lot of falls. She most of the time will just sit up or get back up and keep going. She is banned from some things around the house because she likes to try and get out of stuff. She is the main reason we no longer do two babies at a time during baths. She likes to flip over and put her face under the water. Not cool. She is no longer allowed to sit in the toddler chairs because I had her strapped in, but when I went in the kitchen I heard her crying and I came back to only a foot wrapped in the harness and her on the floor. CRAZY! She twisted and turned until she had enough room to slide out. She loves to clap, and giggles a lot! She and Max gravitate more towards each other. While Carolyn and Aiden seem to enjoy playing together more.

Carolyn. The screaming terror. She is on prevacid on a trial basis to see if she is screaming at night because of reflux. She LOVES books. She will sit and look at the same book for hours at a time. Today she played with a book while everyone napped. Three hours after everyone else laid down she finally fell asleep holding the book. She doesn’t really nap unless she is in the swing. She will sleep for about 20-30 minutes before waking up crying. She played today in the crib while everyone else slept, but she did have a book in the crib with her. She is still scooting backward instead of forward, but she does well going forward with help with the physical therapist. She is chewing on her fingers more, and I have seen her more than a few times with her thumb in her mouth. So not sure if she will suck her thumb, or if she is just chewing on her thumb because she is teething. She gets very excited when we go pick her up, and her laugh when she gets really excited is still crazy.