[blparent] Update

[Gloria G]

That was a great story. Thank you for sharing.
Gloria
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 6:37 PM
Subject: [blparent] Update


> It's been weeks since I've been on this list, but I wanted to give all
> my parent list friends an update on Declan.
>
> He's six-and-a-half-months-old now, which I can't believe, smile.  He
> has his first tooth, and we are going through teething right now. Some
> days are pretty bad, but in general, he's handling it well.
>
> Since Christmas, he has been eating from a bottle, and since the
> beginning of February, we have not had to attach him to his G-button
> feeding tubes for meals. He's now drinking entirely from a bottle, grin.
> We are still using donated breast milk along with formula. We mix it
> half and half. We were doing all breast milk but ran out and had to
> switch solely to formula for a time until we found a new donor. Our new
> donor is producing massive amounts and plans to donate as long as we
> want, but to make it go further, since you just never know, we are
> mixing. He didn't take to the formula very well at first. We have
> switched to a different formula that he seems to tolerate. We have been
> so blessed to have had three milk donors. It has made such a huge
> difference, and not to be controversial, but if you can nurse, I
> encourage this regardless of any pain in the neck to you in terms of
> nursing and/or pumping. In the end, the benefits of breast milk are just
> worth it. Okay, off my soapbox for now, smile.
>
> He's really long, but Declan is on the low end of the weight range, but
> as long as he gains even if at a slow pace, we may be able to completely
> remove the button in April. His transition has been remarkable, and Ross
> and I are so happy to see Declan thrive and grow.
>
> He's recently taken to rolling onto his tummy and back, which he does a
> lot in order to get where he wants. He also is trying to crawl and has
> accomplished the army crawl, as we call it, while he continues to
> attempt to figure out how to actually get up and crawl. He's been trying
> to sit up for a couple of months now too, and he can pull himself
> upright but not quite ready for a full, prolonged sit-up just yet.
>
> He chuckles a lot especially with Ross. For some reason, Pops is funny.
> All Ross has to do is look at him and Declan just cracks up, LOL!
>
> He still has a ton of hair, and it's super crazy. We call it his Harry
> Potter hair, grin. He looks mostly like Ross, but he does has some of my
> features.
>
> I can't remember if I shared this on the parent list, so forgive me if
> this is redundant. The Nebraska Medical Center wanted to do a follow up
> story on me after having been a feature story in its magazine a few
> years back and a subsequent participant in its advertising campaign.
> After having Declan, I was contacted. They interviewed the three of us,
> and the following link is up on You Tube and the NE Med Center's website
> along with an article in its newsletter.  In this video, we are sitting
> in our living room for most of the interview, but there is footage of me
> walking down the hall with Declan, he and I at his changing table and me
> rocking him, Ross making a bottle, which you can hear the talking scale,
> and the three of us standing in front of his crib. Declan is wearing a
> t-shirt that says Daddy's Little Buddy with penguins and jeans that have
> penguins on the cuffs. Here's the You Tube link:
>
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncd4e4ZE2x8
>
> Bridgit
>
>
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