Babies Development

Savannah sportin' her crazy, static hair on the trampoline!

Cameron studying the new Jumperoo so intensely!

Daddy just woke Katelyn up to feed her!

Katelyn hangin' loose and cruisin' in the Jeep!

Parker hanging out in the Jeep...yes, real men can drive pink!

The babies went to the Pediatriax Development Group in Dallas for an appointment and then to Dr. Cook for a weight check at 5 months yesterday. Both doctors were most impressed with their weight gain and with their development, even Parker! The Pediatriax Group had seen Parker routinely in the NICU and will continue to follow all 3 babies until they are 2 years old and even longer if necessary. All of the babies were in the 4-5 months range for gross motor, fine motor, receptive language, and expressive language as compared to term babies except Katelyn was just in the 5 month range for gross motor. She is definitely the strongest motorically. I'm glad because she will need it later to beat up on those boys later!!!! Parker continues to suffer from his torticollis and Dr. Blome says he also has tight hamstrings which will hamper his efforts soon for sitting up. So, I have more exercises daily to do for that, and she recommends PT as well for his hamstrings and torticollis. I have ECI coming to the house tomorrow to do evaluations on all the babies. I doubt Cameron and Katelyn will qualify, but I am hoping Parker will at least qualify for PT so we can get free services in our home. All the babies are also starting to sit up assisted, Cameron and Katelyn are just beginning to scoot, and Katelyn is blowing bubbles/raspberries like crazy! Parker continues to smile, talk, and flirt! Cameron is 13 lbs. 13 oz. in the 6th % tile, 23 3/4" in the 1% tile for length, and his head is 16" in the 2nd %tile. Parker is 13 lbs. 1 oz. in the 2nd%tile, 23 1/2" in the 0% tile for length, and his head is 16 1/4" in the 7th% tile. Wow! Katelyn is 13 lbs. 4 oz. in the 13th% tile, 23" long in the 1% tile, and her head is 15 5/8" in the 3rd% tile. The comparison is for term babies, and they consider 3% normal, so we're just about there. I also found out that they use different charts for boys and girls, so that's why Katelyn's percentiles are so different. She is definitely chunking up! We will wait about 3 more weeks to start solid foods by my choice and also our triple feeding table will be here! Yahoo! Enjoy a few pics of the babies in the Jeep Walker that was Savannah's from Aunt Marcy and Uncle Brian and the borrowed rainforest Jumperoo from our friends Caroline and Amy. We appreciate your continued prayers for all the babies for their growth and development, and especially for Parker, but also that they stay healthy as well as Savannah and our family during this RSV, swine flu season about to gear up. Love to you all!