Week of April 7th...Update

4 Months Old

Can you believe it, the girls are 4 months old?!?!? YIKES, where has the time gone??? They seem to amaze me each and every day. They started off in this world so early and so tiny. You look at them now and would never know they were preemies. They sure do make a mommy proud!

Kendall

Sydney

Here’s an update for the week…

The Change In Daycare
On Monday, 4/7, the girls started with their new daycare provider, Erin. They have already spent some time with Erin while they were at Amy’s last week, so she wasn’t a complete stranger. I did call Erin once during the day to see how their first day with her was going…and she laughed saying, hardly a peep. When I got there to pick them up, they seemed happy and content!

Last RSV Shot
The girls received their last RSV shot on Tuesday, 4/8. When getting the shot the nurse also weighs them…helps her determine how much to give them. Kendall weighed in at 12 lbs, 7oz and Sydney weighed in at 11 lbs, 7oz…so 1 lb difference. Chad was home with them to get the shot and said they definitely got their tear ducts in now. I guess the tears were flowing, but they didn’t last long.

The nurse did indicate to Chad that the doctor may have us do the shots again next year. She said most times if the babies are under a year, they may require the shots to be administered again. So we’ll wait to hear what the doctor says.

4 Month Check-up
The girls had their 4 month check up on Friday, 4/11. Grandma Shelley went with me as daddy had a hearing…and I knew they would be getting shots, so a little extra help to console them was needed.

Dr. Westlund said they both looked great and were both in the 25% for their age (this is on the normal scale, not the preemie scale). She asked a series of questions…do they smile, do they hold their hands, etc…they were all a yes, except, do they roll to their side. But she said this will come, not to worry.

I also had her take a look at both girls’ heads. Kendall tends to always look to her right and has a flat spot there. Sydney has a flat spot on the center of her head. Dr. Westlund did give us a referral to a specialist to take a look at it. She did say that it’s very normal in babies now, especially preemies. The girls were born 7 weeks early, which would have been time for their heads to develop more in the womb. This makes their heads a bit softer than the normal baby and it needs to develop more than the normal baby. I hope to have that appointment soon to find out if we need to do anything. I have a gut feeling that we may have 2 girls in helmets to help round their heads. My nephew Kyle had to wear one of these. It actually wasn’t all that bad. I think it’s worse on the parents than it is on the kids. But I can’t get too excited yet, we need to talk to the doc first.

Oh, and we were informed that we can try to feed the girls cereal. How exciting, something other than formula!!! Here is a picture of the girls with Dr. Westlund.

What are these things?!?!?!
Both girls have been using her hands a lot lately. They will hold her hands, swat at things and sucks on their hands quite a bit. On Sunday, Chad had Kendall lying on the couch next to him. She was moving her arms and hands around, when all of a sudden she stopped. Her arm was straight up in the air with her hand in a fist. She was just staring at her hand. She’d move it slightly to the left and right, just staring at it. She did this for about 2 minutes, most likely thinking…what the heck are these things? Chad and I just watched her in amazement, as she just discovered something new. Then Chad looked at her and said…”Did you find something new”…and Kendall gave him a HUGE smile.