Denver weighs 13 lbs (huge accomplishment!). Wearing 3-6 month clothes. Newborn shoes (tiny feet). He is in the negative percentiles for head, weight, and height according to his actual age. Luckily one of our doctors put him on a chart with his adjusted age (babies born in May) and gave us some more accurate numbers. He is 10% for weight, 4% for height, and 50% for head. Still pretty small, but hey he had a rough start!
Denver has the best personality if I do say so myself. He never cries unless he is overly tired. He is always happy go lucky! He smiles at everything especially mom and dad. Every time he smiles he sticks out his tongue! He is very stingy with his laughs though (little stinker). He will only give us a good laugh if he is in the water getting splashed. He loves taking showers and baths. He is a total water baby (maybe he will be a swimmer?). He started sticking out his bottom lip when strangers talk to him. It's really cute and funny! I think he has started to do it just because he knows it makes us laugh. He is a handful that's for sure!
He loves to play with his toys. His favorite toys are his chains and his orange ball. He is obsessed with the tv. He will stop everything he is doing and watch tv for as long as I'll let him. We try and get his attention while the tv he is on and he will glance at us for a second and then look right back at the tv! Haha he can't be bothered when the tv he is on!
Denver loves attention. He absolutely loves to be talked to. He will try his hardest to talk back to you. It's so so cute.. He puts his lips together and blows bubbles and makes noises as if he is trying so hard to talk. He is obsessed with me. When Taylor gets home from work he gets excited, but after a few minutes he starts looking for me. As soon as he finds me he will watch every little move I make! It's really cute, but I think Tay gets a little jealous 😉. One day he will just want dad and not mom so I am soaking it up for now!
D sleeps from 7:30 pm to about 8:30 am. He sleeps in his rock-n-play next to our bed. Such a good little sleeper (most days 😉)! He naps in his mamaroo during the day and takes short little cat naps... But it's ok more time to play with me 👌☺️. He sleeps swaddled or else he goes crazy and will pull his cannula and eyeballs out! Haha but seriously. When he is tired he talks himself to sleep or he cries depending on how tired he is.
He is currently still not eating anything by mouth. He has tried TINY TINY little tastes of baby food (bananas) but we only get to do that occasionally. He stopped taking his binki, but he puts his hands and toys in his mouth! We are so grateful for this because babies who don't eat by mouth are more likely to get an oral aversion. Thankfully I have still been able to pump so he gets fed Breast milk fortified with a teaspoon of Elecare (to add extra calories) and a few tsp's of MCT oil (straight fat 👌) all through his g-tube!
Denver is still on oxygen 24/7. We see our pulmonologist next week and hopefully(fingers crossed) he gives us a timeline of when he thinks we can get Denver off oxygen. We pray constantly that his lungs are getting stronger and healing! We wash our hands about 1000 times a day (no joke) trying to prevent D from getting sick. Fun fact: we go through about 6 bottles of hand soap a month. My knuckles are constantly bleeding because I wash my hands so much 😩.
We don't go a week without seeing the doctor. Haha so sad but true! Hopefully the doctor visits slow down soon! The other day Taylor and I counted all the doctors D has seen. In Denver's short life he has been seen by a pulmonologist, opthamologist, gasternologist, neurologist, ent specialist, cardiologist, and tomorrow we see a dermatologist! We are so grateful for all of the wonderful doctors at Primary Children's, but we are ready for a break 😉.
Denver is our whole world. Our lives revolve around everything to do with him. He sure keeps us busy, but we wouldn't change it for the world. We love him more than I can even explain in words!
➕From Taylor: I love Denver because he gives me the best attitude for the situation that we are in. He doesn't cry very much even though he may not be comfortable with a G-tube and a Nissen. I wonder how different it must feel to have air in your stomach that you can't get out unless you have a syringe. I also wonder how it feels to have stickers on your face to hold down a canula that goes into your nose. I always feel bad when he tries to rip off his canula. I wish that I could take it off forever. He is very courageous to be here today and to continue fighting. I love you Denver!
(Tay is such a wonderful dad- Denver is so lucky!) ♥️
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