Lily & Leo

Leo 100 Days

Happy 100 Days Leo!  Leo turned 100 days old last week on the 15th and now he is 15 weeks and a day old.  He weighs about 10.6 pounds.  He’s only gained 0.6 lbs in the past two weeks, very slow progress but I suppose that’s better than nothing.  He has also been having trouble keeping in his food and would throw up a couple times a day, but he’s really sweet and would just give you a smile to let you know he’s ok afterwards.  As long as he doesn’t go under 10 pounds, then he is fine.  Also, he’s been really constipated lately too due to the high calorie formula, so his doctor said 30ml of pedialyte a day should help!  We upped his food a couple days ago so now he should be taking in 105cc at each feeds, that’s about 3.5 ounces.  He smiles so much now, especially when I’m talking to him and playing with him.  He loves any kind of mobiles and would be entertained forever by a spinning or stationary mobile!  He’s very curious and alert and loves to observe everything and just take it all in.  He also started sleeping through the night last week, about 10-13 hours straight, and is doing great as Lily’s new roomie!  She was very excited when I asked her if it’s ok for Leo so sleep in her room and she said Yes and always gives him a kiss goodnight before she goes to bed!  She’s the sweetest big sister ever!  I’m so proud of her.

Leo 14 Weeks

Leo 15 Weeks

Leo had his first Early Start therapy session today and he did really great!  His therapist, Amy, start to do some tummy time with him and he did the best tummy time so far!  His head was all the way up and help it for a few seconds several times!  She showed me a couple strategies to help support him and encourage him with tummy time so I’m excited to work with him more on that.  Also, she did some play time with some songs and tested his tracking as well.  She said he tends to tense up his toes and fingers, so she suggest we play with him and do some stretching and certain play activities that she showed me, to help him relax and loosen him up.  I feel like Leo will be in great hands with Amy and I can’t wait to work with her and Leo and watch him grow and develop into an amazing man.  He’s already doing so great, I’m so proud of him!

Leo with this therapist Amy.

Overall, it was a great first session.  It seems like he is pretty well on track for the most part.  He’s not cooeing as much as but his tummy time is getting there!  It was a little emotional personally for me to have the therapist work with Leo, not because Leo was delayed or anything like that, I just got emotional inside because life is just so crazy.  Even thought I’ve been through the first 3 years of motherhood with Lily, it’s like starting from scratch again with Leo.  I do feel more prepared in certain things but the session today just made me realize how much more I can do, there will always be more that I can do for both of them.  Sometimes I just feel helpless and lost and not knowing what else I can do to help Leo or not knowing that there are all these other things that I can do for him in general.  So having her expose me to all these little activities and exercises definitely gives me hope and so much more of an appreciation for her and the resources available to us.    Parenting will always be hard work, and I’m more than willing to put all my love and effort into giving them the best chance at a wonderful life.  I’m very excited to do whatever I can.  I think that’s the important thing, not just to have the desire but to have the motivation and drive to be a great parent.  The smile on my kids’ faces tells me I’m doing a wonderful job, and keeps me going.

Also, can’t forget about my sweet beautiful baby girl!  We took her to Billy Beez at the Anaheim Garden Walk this past weekend and she loved it!!  She was so excited before we even got there.  We played for about an hour and a half and there were still tons of things she didn’t get to play with yet.  She even passed by an area that had steering wheels and she goes “oh, I didn’t see that yet” haha, so cute!  She’s the joy of my life.  I love her to pieces!