Thought I would give a quick update on Lincoln. We just had his 2 month Dr visit and this kid is off the charts. He is above the 97th percentile in weight and in the 90th for his height. But he has a pinhead - only in the 50th. Everyone says we are growing us a football player.
We also had some testing done at Primary Childrens. He has been choking when he eats so they did a swallow study - coolest test ever. They have an x-ray going on him the whole time and they feed him dye, watching its progress down his throat. So you watch his jaw and tongue working, then as it travels the esophagus. Unfortunately, we also saw it go into his trachea. Apparently its somewhat common. There are 3 reasons he is having trouble. 1 - he doesn't have the suck, swallow, breath pattern(you moms will know what this means) 2 - he has acid reflux 3- the cartiledge in his trachea is not fully developed and doesn't shut tight when eating.
The solution for this is medicine for the reflux and adding thickener to his bottles. Since I was nursing him, its making my life much more difficult. Strangely enough for how frustrating it could sometimes be, I miss it. The Dr said maybe as early as 2 weeks we can introduce the thin liquids again, but we'll see.
On the positive, he is still getting his workout time during the day. As with most babies, from what I've heard, Lincoln does not enjoy his tummy time. You can see the look he is giving me...
We also had some testing done at Primary Childrens. He has been choking when he eats so they did a swallow study - coolest test ever. They have an x-ray going on him the whole time and they feed him dye, watching its progress down his throat. So you watch his jaw and tongue working, then as it travels the esophagus. Unfortunately, we also saw it go into his trachea. Apparently its somewhat common. There are 3 reasons he is having trouble. 1 - he doesn't have the suck, swallow, breath pattern(you moms will know what this means) 2 - he has acid reflux 3- the cartiledge in his trachea is not fully developed and doesn't shut tight when eating.
The solution for this is medicine for the reflux and adding thickener to his bottles. Since I was nursing him, its making my life much more difficult. Strangely enough for how frustrating it could sometimes be, I miss it. The Dr said maybe as early as 2 weeks we can introduce the thin liquids again, but we'll see.
On the positive, he is still getting his workout time during the day. As with most babies, from what I've heard, Lincoln does not enjoy his tummy time. You can see the look he is giving me...
7 comments:
So glad they could give you some help to fix the choking problem. I'm sure that's a little scary. Are you just pumping or what? Ok, maybe that's a little personal..
He's so cute even if he is supposed to look mad in that picture. His skin is a GORGEOUS color!
That's a great expression. It's amazing how fast time goes. Keep posting pictures!
I always felt so bad putting my baby on her tummy too. At least he has some fun things to look at. :)
He is so cute! I love the face!!!
He is so dang cute. I wished he was awake when you were here the other day..
Ro hated tummy time too. Lincoln is such a stud. Thanks for bringing him in the other day so we could all snuggle on him :-)
Choice face! Cracks me up.
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