All about Preston: March 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

Picture of Spica Cast

Some of you have asked me what spica cast is and what it looks like.

I found this picture on-line. Preston's should look similar but we probably won't choose pink for him! :)

Thursday, March 27, 2008

We had an appt. with Preston's hip surgeon yesterday and the date has been set!
May 22 is THE day. I am so glad we finally have a date so we can plan around that.

This week has been extremely stressful week for me as we are in the process of looking for a nanny or daycare. Sorry to say, MIL will be leaving soon.

We are currently on a wait list for a daycare but nothing is for sure until September and most of the places I called, the wait list is 8 to 12 months! Can you even believe it! :(

Nanny's average rate is $15/hour and if you do the math it comes to be around $2800/month for full time care. I am not sure if I can justify $2800/month and some even asked for paid vacation and health care! I am really beginning to realize how hard it is to be a mom and want to work and grow professionally. Does it have to be this hard?
I have couple of options right now and none of them sound very good at the moment but I am hoping something will come about. Will keep you posted!

Friday, March 21, 2008

I have my baby back!!!

Finally, Preston's two bottom teeth came out! In the Past 2 weeks, he was cranky and clingy but he's back to his happy self! Thank GOD!

He had a busy week. We went in for his 6 month eval with the physical therapist and of course he had another course of his RSV shot (next month is the last one! yay!!). This time he had to get 2 shots b/c he is now 18 pounds and 8 ounces! I didn't really notice it before, but he is getting very heavy for me to hold him now. It's so cute but his arms and legs look like little fat sausages! kee. kee (pictures to come soon)

PT eval was good. Overall he did great on his cognitive and fine motor skills but he was little behind in his gross motor skills. He still really hates tummy time and PT advised us to get his stomach muscles stronger. She gave us a lot of exercises to work with him on. We got one of those big exercise ball to get him to do tummy time on it. And I have been using it for my abs as well! :) Happy to report that although still little tight, I was able to get into one of my pre pregnancy pants this week and button it up!

Happy Easter!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

1 hour makes a big difference!

Before the time change last week, Preston had a great routine that worked for us. He had his last milk at 9pm and woke up around 6am and had 2 afternoon naps. With the time change, he is all over the place. He didn't fall asleep until 11pm last night and would cry until I rocked him to sleep. This morning, I had to wake him up to feed him before I went to work. Hopefully, he will soon get back into a routine! Here are some pictures of him.

His CRAZY Hair (I am thinking about shaving it all off! :)