Monday, November 28

One more week left on my maternity leave.  I can't believe that it has gone by so fast. 

I had two ladies who came by today from the Early Intervention Program from the state of Illinois.  They evaluated Isaac today and asked a lot of questions about his health and history.  They determined that he doesn't qualify for intervention at this time because he is doing so well.  I am thoroughly proud of my son. I think he is doing exceptionally well in the area of breathing and eatting and gaining weight.  He is holding his head up very well these days and turns from side to side sometimes when he wants to follow you around the room. I can have them come back and reivaluate him in three months to see if he can qualify at that time.

On the sleeping front Isaac is still not sleeping well.  It was bad and now it is even worse. For the past two nights he has slept only 3 to 4 hours which means so am I.  It has been difficult on the entire family. I have tried so many things and some work one night but they don't the next and so on.  I was getting so tired physically and mentally.  The ladies today gave me some new ideas that I hadn't tried yet.  They suggested that I keep him swaddled still and make sure he is warm.  I have noticed before that when I pick him up at night his hands are cool.  so we brought up the heater from the basement and put it a few feet from his crib.  we will try that tonight and hope it will work.  I thought he was upset when he was swaddled as he is starting to stretch out of the swaddle.  I have a good swaddle blanket that I used with Arianna that has velcro that will keep him strapped in.... smile...They believe that helping him regulate his temperature will help him not wake up in the middle of the night.

He is still off of oxygen.  He has been saturating well since Friday.  I removed the circles from his cheeks yesterday.  Wow, is his face cute!  I can't stop kissing those cheeks!
Arianna just asked David "do you know I love you?"  oh my, could she be any cuter...