Rx: More Tummy Time

Graysen had his two month well visit today with the pediatrician. He is doing great! He weighs 11.5 pounds and is in the 35% percentile. The pediatrician thought that his foot looked fine and did not need any more work. Her only concern was his neck. He favors one side and is developing a flat spot on one side of his head. We went through this with Caleb. It is very common since babies sleep on their back. She said that he needed to do more tummy time. Caleb hated tummy time. We bought Tummy Time Whale (pictured above) for Caleb hoping that it would help. It did not. He screamed every time that we put him on his tummy. Graysen is more cooperative and will be receiving tummy time at least three times a day. His next appointment is with the pediatric cardiologist on Thursday to check on his heart.

Little Artist

Caleb has some of his daddy's artistic skills. He is working on his fourth masterpiece to show daddy when he gets home. Caleb has been very good about coloring today. He stays at his desk and works very seriously on his drawings.

Graysen is doing better. He is sleeping now. He isn't as fussy today. I am attributing the weekend's fussiness to the vaccines that he received last Thursday. He is much calmer today and is back to eating.

Graysen's First Bath

All clean!

Graysen received his first real bath today. Previously, Graysen could only have sponge baths. His skin and belly button have healed, so he can now be submerged.

He was very good during the bath. He did not pee in the bath, so I count it as a success. Caleb enjoyed taking a bath with his brother, but, as always, cars and trucks had to come also.

Graysen is now sleeping, which is nice. Lee and I have had a rough 24 hours with him. He became fussy starting at 1:30 AM and would not eat. I became worried that he had an ear infection, so I took him to the doctor this morning. The doctor could not find anything wrong. The official diagnosis code submitted to insurance was "fussy infant." I guess it is now official that Graysen is indeed Grumpy Graysen.

Graysen has a pediatrician appointment on Tuesday and a pediatric cardiologist appointment on Thursday. Hopefully they will be able to help Graysen feel better. In the meantime, I think that I have another long night ahead of me...

Cars

We finally know what goes through Caleb's mind when he plays with his cars and trucks.

Tennis

The four of us went to watch Chad's high school tennis match yesterday evening. Caleb had a blast. He loved playing tennis with Chad. He understood the concept, but just needs more practice before he can play with the pros. It was nice to be outside and spend time with the Taylors. Chad played great!

Graysen is two months old!

Graysen is two months old today! We are very blessed that he is doing so well. You cannot tell the difference between him and a normal baby. He is doing great!

Favorite Animals

Katelin is spending the day with us. Both her and Caleb carried around their favorite animals today. Katelin's favorite animal is a bear that she brought from home. Caleb's favorite is Geoffrey the giraffe. Graysen was asleep while I was taking pictures, so he did not get his picture taken with Froggy. Today will be a quiet day at home.