5 Months June 10, 2007
I know it’s been forever and a year since I blogged. I just can’t ever seem to sit down at the computer long enough to get a whole post out.
Adam turns 5 months old today. My little guy isn’t quite as little now. He’s up to 17 pounds and 26.5 inches. He definitely takes after Dan in that respect.
His reflux issues have been giving him a tough time lately. We got into see a pediatric GI on Tuesday who changed his meds a bit and suggested than in addition to my dairy free diet that I eliminate soy, eggs, nuts, and fish for the time being. We’ll keep him on the new meds for a while before starting to reintroduce those things into my diet to see if they’re causing an issue.
I have to admit that being on such a limited diet is kicking my ass, but it will be worth it if it helps. It’s a great weight loss tool, though. It was weird to step on the scale this morning and think that I really need to find a way to not lose any more weight. I’m not sure I’ve ever had that thought before.
I really just want Adam to feel better. It will be nice when the days of spitting up, major fussing, and dose after dose of meds are behind us.
We’ve also been dealing with Adam’s plagiocephaly issue. We saw the specialist on Monday who confirmed our suspicions when she diagnosed him with torticollis. For the first few months Adam would only lay his head to the right. He also strongly preferred to look to the right. It turns out that that’s due to the fact that the muscles on that side of his neck are much tighter than the other. We now have to do stretching exercises three times a day in order to stretch those muscles out.
Since he always laid his head to the right, that side of his head became flattened. He had a head scan on Friday to determine the severity of the plagiocephaly, and his measurements put him on the moderate to severe border. We’ll continue the exercises, and he’ll go back for another scan in a little over a month to see what progress he’s made. That will determine if he’ll need a helmet or not.
On the non medical side of things, Adam is into some cute things these days. He laughed his first real laugh a couple weeks ago, and has done it a couple of times since. It’s music to my ears. He also recently found his feet. He loves to play with those feet.
Breastfeeding is going well. I’d love to post more about that sometime. I’m so glad I stuck in out in the beginning. It was hard then, and it’s a little challenging now given the whole food sensitivity/diet situation, but I am so thankful for our good breastfeeding relationship. Even those challenges don’t give me a second’s hesitation about continuing on. (Plus, the goober wants nothing to do with a bottle anyway. He knows what he likes.)
So, that’s how things have been going. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve found dealing with everything that comes along with the reflux issue difficult. There has been more than one occasion when Adam and I have been crying in unison. I know it’s temporary, though, and it most certainly doesn’t keep me from enjoying the heck out of our little guy.
When he was born that I thought I couldn’t feel more thankful that he was in our lives. I was wrong. I just feel more thankful every day.
- Posted in : our main man
- Author : amanda
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what a cutie. i’ve missed you!
Thanks for the update! He sounds like he’s growing well, 17 pounds is awesome for 5 months! My little shrimp is only 21 pounds at 16 months old. I really admire you for sticking with BF with all of those dietary restrictions. He is so cute…they just keep getting to be more and more fun, too. :)
awesome photos. glad things are going well – and great job sticking it and continuing to breastfeed. good for you (for both of you, right). sorry about his poor neck muscles — ouch.
He’s so beautiful, you must be so proud :)
Your little guy just gets cuter and cuter! Thanks for sharing the pictures.
He’s such a cutie Amanda. Glad the actual BF has gotten better, sorry about all the dietary restrictions though.
Very cute pics Amanda. Thanks for sharing :)
What a cute guy! I missed hearing from you. I’m glad to hear that you are doing better. It will be great once the GI problems are behind you both.
Love the update, Amanda! Okay, don’t love that the poor little guy (and mom!) is dealing with reflux, or the head and neck issues, but I did love hearing that bf is going well and he looks so cute!
Funny about the side benefit of the weight loss. Try to see the silver lining in everything. All those sacrifices will be SO worth it. More pictures!
He’s a looker! What a sweet boy.
Happy 5mths Lil Adam!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its good to hear from you sweetie, update more often. :-)
God, reflux blows. I’m praying daily that this next kiddo of mine doesn’t suffer from it like Hannah did. I hope the specialist finds a good work-around for you.
That being said, lopsided or not, that’s one cute kid!!! Hang in there!
I’m a long time lurker who finally had to chime in with a comment. Both my kids were born with torticollis and as a result had plagiocephaly. Both favored the same side. They started physical therapy for the torticollis at around 3 months. In addition to the exercises it was stressed to always put interesting, stimulating visual things and hanging toys on the side they didn’t want to turn towards to encourage them to do that. Also make it boring on their preferred side. It worked for us and even though both had some pretty bad flattening of the head neither needed a helmet. Now they are 6 and 4 and you’d never know. The hardest thing for me going through it was to switch sides when I’d hold them. I am right handed and always held them cradled in my left arm which aggrevated their flattening. I had a heck of a time alternating sides and getting anything done, but I managed. Good luck and I hope the reflux gets worked out!
Amanda, he gets more adorable with each picture you share with us :-)
Sorry to hear about the continued reflux issues. I hope the new plan provides the poor little man with more relief.
J was diagnosed with torticollis back when she was 5 months old. Hers was right-sided and we did physical therapy, stretching exercises, etc., for about 7 months or so. She had some flattening but didn’t need the helmet per the specialist we saw a few times to follow her. Now that she’s two, you can barely tell. There is a slight bit of assymetry to her face, so slight most people we know don’t notice it–but as her mother, I can see it ever so slightly, especially when I look at her face when she’s in front of a mirror (don’t know why but it’s more apparent that way, at least to me anyway). Long story short, it sucks but it’s good that you and your doc caught it early. Early intervention means even better results in the long-term. If you ever have any questions or need to vent, please don’t hesitate to shout out my way.
Oh he is just beautiful!
With the bases ldoaed you struck us out with that answer!