Trip to the Pediatric Optometrist

Well Max had to go see his first specialist today. Over the last couple of months we have noticed what we believe to be an eye turning in a little bit. Since Sarah had eye issues when she was younger we decided to take him to an optometrist today. After being examined, he was diagnosed with Pseudostrabismus. Basically, it is a false turning of the eye. I have attached two links with some more information about it, but he will basically grow out of it by the time he is two.

http://www.drgreene.com/21_1163.html
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fh/mch/webcourse/vision/pseudostrabismus.cfm

In addition, during his visit they checked him for corrective lenses. He is far-sided at a pretty high prescription (+4.00). The doctor mentioned that the eyes will self correct some, but we have to go back in a few months and if it hasn't improved greatly, he will get some glasses. Failure to get him glasses could cause his eye to actually turn in. So it will be something that we will be watching closely.

Max's First Meal

Non-milk meal that is. . . Max had his first taste of solid food yesterday. We gave him a bit of rice cearal. He did a great job and seemed to really love it. He had the idea of opening his mouth to let the food in, but didn't quite get the whole closing the mouth part. He looked so cute in his big boy high chair. Nonna Carlotta came over to celebrate this momentous ocassion with us. Daddy video taped the whole thing. I feel like such a first time mom!

He also had his six month check up yesterday. He didn't gain very much, which has me a bit worried, but the doctor seemed to think it was okay. He now weighs 18 pounds 12 ounces. He was also 29 inches tall. He is still 95th perentile for height and close to 75th for weight. Since he is so tall he has officially graduated to his big boy car seat. He is too tall for his infant one! He looks so tiny in his big seat. I will have to get some pictures!

Happy Half Birthday to Max!

It is so hard to belive that six months ago I was just holding my little man for the first time! Time has just flown by! He has changed so much over the last six months, it is hard to belive he is the same little baby that I first saw. I get lost staring at his big blue eyes and I love how cute his little teeth are!

He has had quite the week. My poor little guy had his first fever on Sunday. Saturday night was the worst night we have had since he was a newborn. He was up from 2am until 6am! The poor guy just wouldn't sleep. I finally brought him into bed with us and he eventually dozed off. When he woke up he had a fever of 100.3. He was miserable! Nothing I could do would make him feel better. We gave him some baby tylenol and he seemed to do a little bit better. His fever was back a few hours later so he had a bit more baby tylenol. All in all it wasn't too awful for his first sickness, but I just felt so bad for him!

Since he had a fever on Sunday he couldn't go to daycare on Monday. We were very lucky that my mom was off, so she watched him all day so Brian and I could both go to work. By the time I picked Max up in the afternoon he was my happy little boy again. All smiles! He seems to be all better now. I did notice that a third tooth is working its way through his little gum, so I think that may have been the culprit.

As you can see from his picture Max is doing better at sitting up every day. He can sit unsupported for brief periods of time. He also likes to spin when he is on him belly. It is pretty funny to watch. He continues to push up on his hands when he is on his tummy and he gets his cute little tush in the air sometimes. Before I know it he will be scooting all over the place!

We have his six month check up on Saturday. I can't wait to see how much more he has grown. I think he is begninng to slow down a bit, but I do think we will find that it is time to move him to his big boy car seat! I guess we will have to put that on Daddy's to do list for this weekend!

Busy Boy

I have been awful about blogging lately. Being a working mom is no easy feat! I have a new grade level at school this year. If I get a moment free from taking care of Max I spend it working on lesson plans. I taught second grade my first year, but I forgot how small they are! I do have a really great class and I know that I will get into the swing of things soon. It is just taking more time to get a routine down this year. We will get there!



Max has had a very busy few weeks. First of all he is proud to be riding around in style now that Mom and Dad bought a new mini van. It is wonderful! We bought our '08 Honda Oddyssey almost two weeks ago. Gotta love those model year close out sales. I love how easy it is to get Max in and out, and whoever invented power sliding doors was a genius!



We put our van to the test the first weekend we had it, by making a trek out to Kansas City to visit some friends. Brian, Max, and I stayed with a friend from college and his wife and little boy. Graham is just over a year and he was walking all over the place! It was fun to see what we have in store for us down the line. Max was a trooper in the car. He didn't cry much and we only had to stop once to feed him. While we were visiting Max had a fun first, he got to go swimming in Grahams little pool. It was so cute! Graham showed Max how it was done and the two of them seemed to have fun playing in the water together. Graham was even kind enough to let Max share his pool gear - I loved the hat!



Max has also been busy on the development front. He rolls over like crazy, at least from back to front. He is also doing much better at sleeping through the night. Last night he made it from bedtime until morning five days in a row! I am in heaven! I forgot what it was like to sleep for a solid 8 hours. We are also very excited about his two new teeth. His front two bottom teeth have broken through the gum over the last week. They are sharp little suckers! I think that will be on teeth for a little while at least. Our next big adventure will be introducing solids, which will happen in just a couple weeks.

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