2.5 months!

Last weekend we took Sydney to the ocean.  We went to Nags Head for the weekend and it was a nice get-a-way.  The weather was good, a little windy but sunny.  We took Sydney to see the ocean and got some pictures J  She spent most of her vacation napping though…LOL

I went back to work this week.  I plan to only work about 2 days a week for now.  Even though I am commuting to Northern Virginia for work it’s not too terribly bad since I’m riding with a couple of people when I can.  We’ll see how it goes….Sydney is staying with a babysitter those two days.  Our babysitter is local and we’ve known her for years.  Sydney is the only infant she watches.  She has a few other toddlers and a few school aged kids she puts on or gets off of the bus each afternoon.  She is so excited to have a baby to babysit!

We have an appointment on November 3^rd at Cranial Technologies for Sydney’s head shape evaluation.  They said they will determine at that appointment if she needs a DOC Band.  If so, we’ll go back to have all her measurements taken then go back again to get her band once it’s been made.  From there we’ll have to go either once a week or once every two weeks to have the band adjusted for a period of 2-4 months.

9.5 Weeks Old

Yesterday was Sydney’s 2 month pediatric appointment.  She is 22.5 inches and weighs 10 lbs 15 oz!  She sure is a growing girl!!!  She got two shots and an oral vaccine yesterday.  She was not a happy camper about the shots but she only cried for a few minutes.  Her head is still measuring in the 98% but as long as it stays in that range everything should be good.  The pediatrician did recommend that we take her for an evaluation to possibly get a DOC Band to treat her plagiocephaly (her head is flat on one side b/c of her torticollis).  We are going to do some research on this and maybe go to Cranial Technologies in Annandale, VA to have the evaluation done (if you want to read more about plagiocephaly visit, www.cranialtech.com ).  We are going to Nags Head this weekend and it will be Sydney’s first trip to the beach…we can’t wait to take her and get some pictures!!

She has found her thumb and is quite fond of it…. J

2 months old!!

Here are some pictures we took yesterday on Sydney's 2 month birthday!  She was not into smiling yesterday...LOL

8 Weeks old

Since I last blogged Sydney has really started to hold her head up.  If she is sitting on my lap, she’ll hold her head up on her own without any support from my hands.  The really good part about this is that when she holds her head up she holds it in midline.  This means therapy and stretching are doing really well!  Today was her appointment with the pediatric neurosurgeon at VCU in Richmond.  Dr. Tye was extremely nice and said that her large head is the result of familial macrocephaly….meaning both her father and mother have large noggins!  He measured her head circumference as well Steve’s and my head.  Dr. Tye said as long as her soft spot feels normal and her Torticollis doesn’t get worse he doesn’t see any reason to be alarmed about the size of her head and will not need to see her again.  Sydney has literally been checked head-to-toe now!  I’m going to post her “monthly” pictures on or around the 12^th of each month so I’ll post a new one next week but here is a picture of her all smiles J

6 Weeks Old

Not too much has happened since the last post…Sydney is just growing like a weed. J  We’ve scheduled the appointment with the pediatric neurologist for October 7^th.  We have to go to the VCU medical campus in Richmond for the appointment.  Today was physical therapy and the therapist said that her left rotation is at about 80% (she needs to get to 90%) but it is a lot better than when we started taking her so that is positive feedback…yay!  Sydney got to meet her Grandma and Grandpa Basham this past week and spend time with them.

5 weeks old today...

This week Sydney had her 1 month check-up.  She weighs 9.08 oz and is 20.5 inches long.  We took her to get an x-ray of her neck just to make sure there are not any issues with her C-spine.  The doctor just wants to be sure that her Torticollis is the only problem and there isn’t something else going on with her neck.  The doctor also wants us to take her to a pediatric neurologist because her head is measuring in the upper 98% so it is slightly larger than it should be.  She wants to be able to rule out any problems with her cranium – and just be able to say Sydney’s got a big head J  Physical therapy and home stretching seem to be working well for her Torticollis. She slept through most of today’s appointment but the therapist was able to get good rotation and stretching while she was relaxed.  All of these doctors appointment as annoying but at least we are having all of this stuff checked and ruled out now.  The pediatrician also said she will probably have blue eyes, although they can still change, but they are light and definitely blue now.  Sydney got to meet her Uncle Stacey last night (although the slept most of the visit) and will get to meet her Grandma and Grandpa Basham in the next couple of days.

Sydney slept through her first two NFL games last Sunday but she represented Mommy and Daddy’s teams J

One month pictures