Happy Quarter Birthday, Caleb!!

Sorry the last couple weeks have slipped right by me again. Caleb is now 3 months old! A quarter way through his first year. The doctors told us so many times during my pregnancy that his outlook was "SO grim, IF he even will make it to term". Guess we have shown them!! :)

The week before last at his weight check he gained 5 ounces! Of course, this past week...one lonely little ounce. Oh well. He continues to eat pretty well, although he has certainly slowed down from what he was eating. Guess this growing spurt has already passed. Here's hoping the good bottle drinking (even though it is just 3 ounces) continues though...just maybe not as often?! We shall see...just hope we don't backslide, that's for sure.

He seems to have a little break from Drs. appts. Since he gained 5 ounces week before last then the pediatrician did not need to see him on a regular basis anymore, even though we had to go back this week for shots. So I guess we have a couple down weeks until his next cardiologist appt. His services with the County Early Intervention program start this week but they are only sending a DS (developmental specialist) at this point. Now sure what all she will do, but hopefully it will give us some insight into his development and what we can be working on. He is "behind" on a couple things like holding his head, but I do not count the first month of life as much since he did nothing but lay in a hospital bed and sleep. So, hopefully we can get him caught up soon enough. We are working on the neck support and tummy time, but he does not like the tummy time too much as he just ends up putting his face right into the blanket.

On the flip side, he is starting to recognize us and we can usually get him to smile when he is in a good mood (fed and rested). What a joy it is to have him smile back at you and sometimes "talk" back to you as well. It far outweighs any trials of the first couple months. Unfortunately, this also means that he is specifically not recognizing faces he is not familiar with, so we apologize if he screams when not in the best mood.

Thank you so much for your continued prayers on Caleb's behalf. We will show these Drs. yet! I sure wish I could take him back to each of the specialists that gave us bad news on top of bad news during my pregnancy. Wonder what they would think or say?! :)