A Healthy Sophia

Last week was a busy week for Sophie. She had 3 doctors appointment, turned 2, had a birthday party, and went to preschool. This post is primarily about her health progress (check her birthday post for more on her turning 2.)

I praise God for the progress Sophie has made in the last 3-6 months. We went to her pediatric GI doctor on Tuesday and got a good report from him. She is now back to the 50th percentile for her height and she weighed in at 23.5 pounds. She is still in the 5-10th percentile for weight but the doctor was happy with her weight gain, as was I. She had clearly had a growth spurt recently since she had been waking up around 10-midnight and eating a completely extra meal. Her specialist has finally deemed her a healthy and petite girl. The doctor also worked with us to decide on a plan to try to get her off both of her medications. We have to be careful in removing her medications because if she still really needs them and we don't realize it quick enough we can make her swallow problem worse and end up again with her not wanting to eat or drink. We have removed one of her medications already and are watching her for the next couple of months. We have a repeat Barium Swallow test at the hospital scheduled for late October and if she has had more improvement in her swallowing then we will try to remove her other medication. I was thankful to her the doctor say her is very confident Sophie will outgrow her reflux and swallow problem. Praise the Lord!

Next was her 2 year checkup with her pediatrician which went very well also. He said she is now right on track developmentally. He did have a concern about her feet and referred us to a foot and ankle specialist to have them looked at. When she walks both of her feet still turn in a lot of the time. This is common but typically by age 2 it has corrected and the feet no longer turn in.

We saw the foot and ankle specialist later in the week. The doctor said it isn't very severe but we do need to keep an eye on it. He gave us an exercise to do with her at home for the next couple of months and then he will check her again in early November.

All in all, a good report on her health. John and I were both relieved to finally have a good report on her from her specialist.

Baby Broom is ...

To even the count with my brother and his three boys, we will have the three girls in the family. Zoe and Sophie will have a little sister!

She looks healthy and her measurements are good. Her heartbeat was strong and she is moving all over the place. I have been feeling her move for nearly three weeks and the movements are getting a little stronger. Last night John even felt his first kick! Pretty exciting since it's earlier than movement can usually be felt externally.

We asked Zoe what she thinks we should name her new little sister and her immediate suggestions were Catsy (?!) and MacKenzie.  Luckily we have a few more months to mull that decision over.

We are very excited to have another girl and thank the Lord she is healthy!

let preschool begin

This morning both girls very happily started preschool at TotSpot preschool. The preschool is less than a mile from the house and when the weather is cooler definitely within walking distance. This is Zoe's second year in preschool  and Sophie's first. 

When preschool ended in May Zoe asked me for probably the first 3 to 4 weeks when she was going to preschool. She had such a good time last year in with her teacher Ms. Nelay and Ms. Kristen. I started talking about her starting preschool again a couple of weeks ago to get her excited for the change coming. When I told her she was getting a new teacher, Ms. Gretchen, she wasn't too sure about that. At first she said she would not like her, but then when we met her last week at "Meet the teacher" night she changed her mind. This morning she kept asking when we were leaving to go to preschool. She told me this morning that she liked Ms. Gretchen and that she was pretty. When I took her to class and she saw her teacher there was no 'bye mom" - she took off running and gave her new teacher a big hug! Even though it would be nice to feel a little missed I wouldn't change her independence and excitement.

We had originally planned to start Sophie in January when she will be 2 1/2 like Zoe was when she started. Long story short we decided a month ago to check on the possibility of getting her in in January and put her on the waiting list. At that point and she was #7. I really hadn't expected her to even get in for this school year. We got a call last week that they had an opening for her so we decided to go ahead and start her now since there is no guarantee that there will be an opening in January. She was so excited this morning to carry her backpack into the school and walked into the classroom also without even a "bye mom" or a glance back. I was actually very happy she did that well since she has been  more attached to me than Zoe ever has. She did great in the class and was pretty happy to see me when I picked her up. Zoe has been very excited for Sophie because she gets to have Ms. Nelay for her teacher this year. I think it will be a great year of learning and socializing for her.


What to do with my mornings on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Oh, the list is so long but hopefully by the end of the school year it will be shorter.