6 month check up!!!

SWEET BROTHERS
Jaxson's new thing is to fall asleep with his toys

Jaden wore himself out then fell asleep

Tuesday the boys had their 6 month check up and their doctor was so surprised how big they are getting. Jaden weighed 16lbs 4oz and was 26in long!!! Jaxson weighed 12lbs 4oz and was 14 1/4in long!!! Jaxson still isn't on the growth curve but Jaden has caught up to a normal 6 month old. The doctor said we need to take Jaden off the Neosure since he seems to be growing so good. Jaxson will probable stay on Neosure until he is 1. Although Jaxson isn't on the growth chart he has made great progress with his weight gain and the doctor was so pleased to see him doing so well. The boys have had little colds but they gave them their shots still since neither of them were running fevers. I hate watching the shots but the boys did very good and calmed right down when we picked them up and were actually in good moods all day. You would have known they just got shots. The check up went good overall and we don't have to go back until they are 9 months old!

Tuesday night Jaxson gave us a good scare and we had to make our first trip to the ER....

Dad was holding him while I was making a bottle and when I took him to feed him he just started screaming and crying like never before. I tried giving him his bottle and he wouldn't take it and we both tried to rock him and he wouldn't stop crying. I decided to check his hernia and when we took off his diaper me and Trevor both went into shock. He had his hernia pushed out so far and it looked like it was starting to bruise which is not a good sign at all. I called the on call doctor right away and they said they would page the doctor and have them call me back. They weren't calling back and we couldn't get his hernia reduced so off to the ER we went. Of course it was the worst time to be in the ER (everyone with the flu) but we had to go. He calmed down on the way to the hospital which made his hernia go down a little but it was still out pretty far. The doctor was able to get it back in and said it was the right thing to bring him in. If his hernia gets out and won't get back in it can make him very sick very fast! Jaxson is scheduled to have surgery on November 10 to get it fixed but the ER doctor was going to email Dr.Curnow and see if he can get it fixed before then so this doesn't happen again. Now that Jaxson is bigger and moving around more he gets it pushed out a lot more and if he is straining in any way it just makes it get bigger. This was a horrible situation as a parent because I couldn't do anything to make him feel better. He looked like he was in so much pain. : [ poor little peanut...

This week the boys started the Infant Toddler Program. We met their service coordinator Wednesday and she is wonderful. She will see the boys once a month unless something comes up where they think they need more visits. Jaxson also has an Occupational Therapist through the Infant Toddler Program and we met her Wednesday also. She is going to help Jaxson with solid foods because he has texture issues. She wanted to see what he did with rice cereal and he gagged and spit it out. He doesn't like it at all!!! She suggested to start with sweet baby food and if he still refuses that to make the rice cereal with a bigger amount of formula so it doesn't have so much texture. If he refuse three days in a row then we have to stop and try again after the therapist works with him more. We are going to try sweet baby food tomorrow and hope he likes it!!

Each day the boys get stronger and is so much fun to watch them grow and meet milestones!!!