Boy do I have a lot to say. First I would like to ask for prayer. Part of me almost feels silly asking for prayer for such trivial matters considering how blessed we already are and seeing how far Ryan has come without major incident, but then again God says to come to him with anything. So here goes...Ryan has to have his hearing checked every 6 months since he was born so early and in the NICU for so long. Today was the day. He failed both ears. We will now be adding an audiologist to our list of doctors we see or have seen. SoonerStart said that a failed test doesn't mean that he necessarily has hearing loss. It just means he needs further testing. Wade and I know he can hear. Trust me he can hear when I close the shower curtain...he can come all the way awake upon hearing that sound realizing he is suddenly too far away from his mommy. Either that or he would rather I just not smell like a bar of soap. Speaking of separation, this separation anxiety thing is something to behold. I am flattered that he loves his mommy so much. That part is awesome, but on the other hand I sure would like to get an uninterrupted night of sleep. As you may know everyone sleeps in cycles from light sleep to deep sleep. Many times when he cycles out of deep sleep and into a light sleep he suddenly realizes I'm not there. This starts a time of panic for him. Poor little guy. Now some of you may argue with me on this, but I value my sleep a lot, so oftentimes I will pick him up and lay him in bed with me. He goes right back to sleep and so do I; at least, that is, until I get a foot in the face or a wet finger on the cheek. He is so precious.
About a week or so ago Ryan decided to stop eating. Now it is very common for micro-preemies to have major eating difficulties, but Ryan has always taken eating very seriously. Even his very first bottle in the NICU he sucked it dry. He has never been a difficult child to feed. He eats when he is hungry, and if he isn't hungry he won't eat. It's as simple as that. However, one day he just wouldn't eat but an once or two with each bottle. At first I thought it was just an "off" day, but then it went on for 3 or four more days. I finally called the doctor. Guess what...he's teething. That's what they said it sounds like to them, and the more mothers I visit with the more I find that kids tend to do this. I even had one mother tell me that their child did this for months! Ryan is eating better now, but he still has days. Like I said before he eats when he is hungry and if he doesn't want to eat...he won't.
Ryan still loves his fingers and hates his pacifier. He sucks his fingers backwards though. Think of it this way. Look at your hand with the back of it facing you then imagine sticking your middle two fingers in your mouth, but don't turn your hand over. That is how he sucks his fingers. I wish I could get a picture. If I do I'll post it. Speaking of backwards, did you know that Ryan can crawl? Backwards that is. I can't even describe it without a picture, so look at the photo gallery for the crawling picture. I'll explain there. I think there is something to this upside down/backwards thing. Ryan loves to be upside down. I can turn him upside down and wiggle him around a little and he thinks it's great...big smiles even a laugh or two.
I may be changing sites soon. I love CarePages. This site is awesome and I highly recommend it to anyone. I have several reasons for considering a change though. One being that with many other sites you are not limited on your post length. I look down at my post limits right now and find that I have entered 3699 characters and now have 270 characters remaining. I still have so much more to talk about. I also feel like I have to be so formal, and I suppose that is because for so long I have written each post in such fashion. I also would like to post pictures and talk about them amongst my postings.
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