Arie's Development (after pictures)
Arie has been home a little over two months now. We are much closer now than we were a couple weeks ago. I can't kiss him enough, and I LOVE to make him smile! Which, by the way, is now VERY easy to do. Socially he is doing fabulous. He is babbling and saying da-da and ma-ma (not with purpose of course). He laughs out loud at his goofy sister, and enjoys getting attention from his big brother.
Developmentally Arie is a little behind. At 7 months old he should be sitting up and working on crawling. However, Arie is still unable to sit with support ( a 5 month milestone). He is also unable to pivot on his belly, which he should be able to do at this point. For example, if I lay him on his belly and face him away from me, he should be able to turn himself around (while staying on his belly) so he is facing me. We expected that he may be a little behind when he came home due to some medical issues, so we aren't surprised with any of this. He has an evaluation next week so that we can get him started in physical therapy to help strengthen his muscles and get him caught up.
Our biggest issue right now is eating. Arie should have started baby food at 6 months old. I posted our first try pictures a while ago and the situation has only gotten worse. He WILL NOT EAT anything. We can't even get him to take medication without him screaming. We've tried everything and all we can get him to do is drink his bottles. While that isn't a huge concern, what IS a huge concern is that his nutritional needs aren't being met by the bottles. He should be taking in 32oz. of formula per day to meet the needs of a baby Arie's height. We can only get in about 22oz. of formula per day. Although he has been gaining a little weight, he has been falling off of his growth curve and is currently in the 0% on both the Korean growth chart and the U.S. chart. Also, his body mass index is in the "poor" range. So, because of all of this, we will be starting him in a feeding clinic at Children's Hospital (per his doctors). At the clinic he will be evaluated by a feeding specialist, a GI doctor, an occupational therapist, a speech therapist, a psychologist, and a social worker. The make up the "feeding team" who will come up with a plan of care to get him on the right track for eating/growing. I know of somebody else who had to do this, and they had to go to the clinic every day for 6 weeks! I PRAY that we don't have to, because it's over an hour away from my house, and I have 2 other kids that I would have to find care for. We'll find out all of the details after our initial evaluation which has yet to be scheduled (me and Children's have been playing phone tag for a couple of days).
Developmentally Arie is a little behind. At 7 months old he should be sitting up and working on crawling. However, Arie is still unable to sit with support ( a 5 month milestone). He is also unable to pivot on his belly, which he should be able to do at this point. For example, if I lay him on his belly and face him away from me, he should be able to turn himself around (while staying on his belly) so he is facing me. We expected that he may be a little behind when he came home due to some medical issues, so we aren't surprised with any of this. He has an evaluation next week so that we can get him started in physical therapy to help strengthen his muscles and get him caught up.
Our biggest issue right now is eating. Arie should have started baby food at 6 months old. I posted our first try pictures a while ago and the situation has only gotten worse. He WILL NOT EAT anything. We can't even get him to take medication without him screaming. We've tried everything and all we can get him to do is drink his bottles. While that isn't a huge concern, what IS a huge concern is that his nutritional needs aren't being met by the bottles. He should be taking in 32oz. of formula per day to meet the needs of a baby Arie's height. We can only get in about 22oz. of formula per day. Although he has been gaining a little weight, he has been falling off of his growth curve and is currently in the 0% on both the Korean growth chart and the U.S. chart. Also, his body mass index is in the "poor" range. So, because of all of this, we will be starting him in a feeding clinic at Children's Hospital (per his doctors). At the clinic he will be evaluated by a feeding specialist, a GI doctor, an occupational therapist, a speech therapist, a psychologist, and a social worker. The make up the "feeding team" who will come up with a plan of care to get him on the right track for eating/growing. I know of somebody else who had to do this, and they had to go to the clinic every day for 6 weeks! I PRAY that we don't have to, because it's over an hour away from my house, and I have 2 other kids that I would have to find care for. We'll find out all of the details after our initial evaluation which has yet to be scheduled (me and Children's have been playing phone tag for a couple of days).
So that's the scoop. My little man really is my LITTLE man! I'll keep you updated!!!
posted by Ryan | 11/27/2006 08:19:00 PM
6 Comments:
Great to hear the update and see the pictures! As usual your kiddos are adorable! Arie looks like he is waving in the one photo!
I'll be praying that things go smoothly and he starts growing and eating! It's great to hear how much the two of you have progressed with the bonding!
Hey Ryan,
I left you a pm on the CHSFS website. :)
Danyelle
Great update, Ryan.
I look forward to hearing how things shape up for Arie.
Your kids are sooo adorable!
Jen
He is utterly and totally beautiful. And he knits his brow just like our son did - I'm gonna cry now!!
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that is so funny we do the same things to the girls hehehehhe hope all is well for you guys i will call soon what r u doin for christmas goin to wv?
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