Well, as you can see from Lincoln's big cheeks, he has had another great month. He has gained an average of 21 grams per day (the most since being at home). He last weighed 15 lbs 4 oz (<3rd percentile). He is 26 inches long (<10th percentile) and has a head circumference of 44.5 cm (50th percentile).
He is wearing all 6 month clothes (top and bottom!) and will be moving into the 9 month tops soon at this rate of weight gain!
Lincoln is becoming a happier baby as time goes on. It's wonderful to see his personality come through and that smile is adorable! It is getting pretty easy to make him laugh with tickling his sides or making a sudden noise and motion. (Usually it's me jumping around saying, "HA!" that does the trick. I know a lot of you out there cannot even imagine reserved, quiet me doing this, but kids bring out the best in you!) Linc also love to babble, especially with Daddy when he gets home at night.
Lincoln is doing well with sitting and enjoys sitting in his boppy for some support to play with all his new toys from Christmas! He can sit alone for quite a long time, but looses his balance sometimes. With the Boppy, Mommy can be hands-off for a few minutes!
I have been working with him on rolling. He still doesn't fully roll, but just today he did roll from back all the way to his tummy by himself! His therapist has recommended getting Linc into the crawling position more, with his legs bent, if he isn't too keen on rolling. She said it's perfectly fine if Linc doesn't roll, but we want him to crawl!
The train in the picture above and the car dashboard below are Lincoln's favorite toys right now (besides teethers!). He plays with these at least three times a day. He just loves to honk the horn over and over! He is definitely aware of cause and effect!
Since Linc's surgery, he has decided that he loves to eat solids and we are up to two 2 oz meals per day. Lincoln has had several fruits and veggies and seems to love green beans the most.
Lincoln has sprouted two bottom teeth in the middle, which has caused many sleepless nights. He seems to be working on some upper teeth too.
Linc's neonatologist is so happy with Lincoln's growth and respiratory status and recovery from his last surgery that she has has given the go ahead to wean Linc's oxygen flow down from 0.8 LPM to 0.7! We are just waiting on new flow regulators to make the small adjustment. Lincoln was on such high support when he came home, needing 1.5LPM to eat and higher when upset, that he is using adult equipment. In order to wean by a small increment like 1/10, Lincoln needs to be switched to pediatric equipment. Once he does well on 0.7 we can go to 0.6.
Lincoln has appts at SLCH on the 18th for surgery, newborn med, and an echocardiogram.
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