Successful surgery

Trevor had a cyst removed this morning. It was at the corner of his eye. It just seemed to pop up one day, and the doctor said it would grow very slowly and would eventually need to be removed. We decided to go ahead and do it because the scar would be smaller and he wouldn't remember a thing! He did so great! He had a bottle @ 1 a.m. and we arrived at 6 a.m. It was all done by 8:30 and we left at 9! He was smiling and laughing in the car and hasn't slowed down a bit. He'll go on Thursday for a follow-up visit.

Trevor started crawling about two weeks ago! Now he is pulling himself up!

Flashback

I was just sitting in Trevor's room rocking him to sleep, looking at the pile of clothes he has outgrown. I can remember the day he was big enough to wear clothes! Sounds funny! But it took about a month and a half for him to be big enough to be allowed to wear clothes! It is so great to hear all the doctors that we see (it's been a few the past few weeks!) say how healthy he is for being so early. They always sound so surprised. At the eye doctor, he said his vision was good, which I know can be a big problem for preemies. He's a lucky kid and has the best big brother ever!!

Trevor's developmental check-up

Last Friday, we took Trevor to the Ages and Stages Clinic at Texas Children's. They send us surveys about his development to follow up with him. His corrected age (age from his due date) then was 7 months 5 days. I didn't actually figure that out - they did. So they observed him to see how he compares to a 7 month old. There was a doctor, a physical therapist, an occupational therapist and I think a psychologist there. He pretty much just played with toys and they made noises to see how he responded. They were very impressed with his physical abilities - trying to crawl and sit up, grabbing toys, but speech wise, he is behind about three months (so like a 4 month old). But Jack was behind too, we just didn't get it official until he was about a year and a half old. He has since started squealing when he is happy and is becoming more vocal. They saw how needy he is and this doctor agreed that letting him cry it out in his crib would not work for him. He needs to learn to comfort himself, so we need to figure out how we can get him to do that. He's still at 16 pounds but eating baby foods like crazy! We are so blessed to have a healthy baby!

Trevor can sit up!

Trevor is now able to sit up on his own for a little bit. He still tumbles over every now and then. When he is trying to crawl, he can get to a half way sitting up position from his belly. He scoots around, but I don't think it's officially crawling yet.

Pictures!

Trevor is trying very hard to crawl. Last week he started putting his knees under him and wobbles back and forth.

Doctor visit

Trevor went to his 9 month check up on Tuesday. He is almost 16 pounds and 27 1/2 inches long. He is close to catching up with where he should be. The doctor was surprised at how long his is. She said he should be eating things with protein and we still had him on stage 1 foods. So he's got some catching up to do on his eating. She said he should sleep better when he gets three meals a day. He has not been sleeping good at all, but we're really going to work on getting him to sleep without a bottle and him getting himself back to sleep on his own when he wakes up.
He went in a swimming pool for the first time today! He loved it! It had a very shallow end, (only about a foot deep) so he could stand up in it. He loved splashing his hands in it. Maybe he'll like baths better now. He has also started putting his knees underneath him when he's on his belly. I think he'll be crawling any day now!