2 months later

It's been a while since I updated this! He has 8 teeth now! They are very easy to see. His drooling has lessened considerably. He was doing alright at daycare. He finally got used to it and stopped crying in the mornings after a while. But there were some nights when he would wake up every hour screaming. I think it was because he had been given dairy (one time it was milk, pudding once, and grilled cheese). Each time, I talked to the director about how he can't have dairy products. I was told to tell the teacher, however, the teacher in the mornings did not feed them lunch, so the message wasn't being passed on. Once the excuse was that it was "low-fat"milk in the pudding, and lastly, that the employee didn't know that government cheese had milk in it. That's where I drew the line, and we switched daycares. He's been in the new one 4 days and each day has been GREAT!
He had his first earache about 2 weeks ago, which caused a fever of 103 two nights in a row. He also began standing up and clapping his hands. Each time, Jack would say "Look Mommy!! Trevor is standing by himself! Good job, Trevor!" Even after the tenth time, Jack acted like it was the first! Last Saturday, at my sister's house, I stood him up. He looked around and took 7 steps, like it was nothing! He did it one other time, but we had a hard time getting him to do it at home. He's taken a few here and at the new daycare, but nowhere near 7 again!!
He's become more vocal. He says da-da alot, but at lots of things, not just at Conor. Jack still makes him crack up laughing all the time. I think he broke our television by banging repeatedly on it. Hopefully it's repairable under our warranty. We have to wait until Thursday to find out. He had his first trip to Tennessee at the end of October. He was really good on the way there (we drove) and did good during the rest of the trip too! The way home was not so much fun.
That's about it! I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving. That was his due date, so he'll be like a one-year old would be. I'll post pictures soon! There's alot!

Catch up

Trevor has 5 teeth now! One of them is just now coming in. He started daycare the week of his birthday. He's doing better now that he's adjusted. He's still crawling super fast and pulling himself up on everything. He likes to eat papers that he's not supposed to eat. Sometimes he thinks he can stand up by himself, and for a few seconds he can. One picture is of our "green eggs and ham dinner." Trevor had green peas and ham. He also made his first official beach trip two weeks ago. He LOVED playing in the sand. And yes, he might have tasted a bit too. He tried to eat seaweed, but didn't get that far. Jack made an Abraham Lincoln hat at school, and he thought it'd be funny to put on Trevor. The other picture is of his sophisticated superhero pose.

Happy Birthday!

Trevor had a good birthday! Instead of cake, he had watermelon! He loves it!!! In the evening, he started clapping his hands together! He does it for just a little bit in the video I'll try to post. We've been working on pat-a-cake for a while now. It's his favorite thing to do besides peek a boo. I also found that he likes spinning in circles (even though I learned this week that kids don't get as dizzy as adults do).

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!