Carter was 5 months old on Feb. 3. He is nearly 14 pounds now. The doctors said to judge his development by his "adjusted' age, not his real age, which as of Feb. 3 would only be 3 months old. I think in some areas, he is equal to 5 months, others still 3 months. He is just now starting to grasp things on purpose and look at what he wants and reach for it. He has been sleeping through the night for some time now. I told his mother, she was very lucky - a good night's sleep is worth a lot!
He is just so cute! He smiles and laughs at everything. He is already a TV junkie - seems to be mezmerized by it! He has rolled over a few times, but we're not sure if it was on purpose or an accident. He wants to sit up, but can't totally do it yet, so he gets frustrated with that. And he is already becoming a little bit "bossy"! When he is mad, everyone knows it!
We have decided that from the nose down, he looks like Courtney, but from the eyes up, it's Cole. I think his eyes are going to be blue. But the little expressions he has on his face are totally Courtney! And we all know, when that bottom lip begins to curl out, you'd better be scrambling for something, because the mad wail is coming! He loves to read books and now wants to feel of everything.
The doctor upped his medicine he takes for the hemangioma and he is tolerating it well, so he no longer has to go every week for a blood pressure check. His next appointment will be his six month well baby check. He has to go to a follow-up NICU appointment in a couple of weeks, and will see the speech therapist and occupational therapist that visited him in the NICU and they will see how he is progressing. I am excited for them to see what a big boy he is now!
More to come...
