Mr. Fussy Pants

To sum it up in one word: teething!

Carter has his first PT appointment today with his outpatient physical therapist, Ms. Chris. She seemed very pleased with how well Carter is doing, and said he's pretty much on track for a 4-month old, except for a few skills. He has some work to do on his trunk control and he still favors looking to his left side (because of ECMO). She's also going to work on his sensory processing issues and do Craniosacral therapy, which we are very excited about. It was a 2-hour block of therapy and by the end, Carter had enough and let us know it by throwing a tantrum. I think it was way too much stimulation for him. For now, we will continue to see PT once a week.

We will see Ms. Leah, Carter's new outpatient OT and a friend of ours, this weekend. We have a feeling what she has to say about his feeding issues won't be the good news we got from PT today and I'm sure we'll be seeing her once a week also. It's amazing to look at the progress he's made in such a short time, so we're very optimistic that Leah will work her miracles on him and have him begging us for a bottle very soon. He actually took about half of his bottle in the car on the way to therapy (it's a 30 minute drive) and again, took half on the way home. If driving around is the trick, our neighbors are going to think we are nuts driving around the cul-de-sac in circles at 3am, but we'll do what it takes!

Afterward, we met the Vierigs for a quick visit (they live in the same town that we go to therapy). Bodee is getting so big! He's a month younger than Carter and already the same weight. He's doing really well and is pretty much a normal little dude. At least they got to see a few smiles out of Mr. Fussy Pants and he flirted with Dakota. The only other time Mark and Kristen had seen Carter was in the NICU when Bodee and Carter were both there. We're very nervous about taking Carter out, so we thought visiting with another CDH family who also have to deal with the "germ issues" would be a great way to get out of the house, but still live in our bubble.