So far so good.

So its just over a week since the Neurosurgeon appointment and Roy's HC isn't continuing to grow too fast, which is promising.

Roy had a busy day. A walk in the pram first thing, then a playdate in the morning, and then off to an appointment for his sister in the afternoon. He'll enjoy a quiet day tomorrow after all that.

He hasn't got into his solids yet. Not in the slightest bit interested in banana this morning.

Big Baby

Roy had a go at sitting up, but would flop forward or sidewides more than backwards. He is now 8.4kg. More than double his birthweight.

Close call

In trouble from the relatives in Canada for not posting recently. Sorry!

Roy has been giving us some serious health scares. His head circumference went up a percentile so he had a cranial ultrasound. Getting any information from the sonographer is usually like pulling teeth, but he casually said, "his ventricles are on the large side - that is usually where they hold fluid". My heart sank. I quizzed him on protocol on the results process, and I was on the phone to the Paediatrician the first thing the following morning. He got back to me mid-morning and said that they were mildly to moderately enlarged, and that he would arrange for us to see the Neurosurgeon on Monday for a consult. It was Friday. That is remarkably quick, which had me relieved, but at the same time very worried that it was serious. I didn't sleep all weekend, and was really worried.

We saw the Neurosurgeon yesterday. I was really anxious. She said he doesn't have pressure, but that we have to keep a close eye on him for the signs like sunset eyes, vomiting, irritability, and a bulging fontanelle. We have to measure his HC weekly, and see the Neurosurgeon again in one months time. She thinks he is just going to have a large head - its 98th percentile, which means that only 2% of boys his age have a bigger head. Hopefully it won't have any implications. She thinks the plump ventricles might be thanks to his heart failure when he was little. He is having another assessment by the cardiologist next month, and it will be interesting to see what is going on there. Roy's HC started to creep up when he went off his Lasix heart meds that takes fluid off. The Nueuro thinks there might be a direct relationship. Maybe he'll be put back on lasix and that will be the end of it. Sure beats shunt surgergy. Fingers crossed everyone please.

Rollerramma Roy

Roy is off. Only yesterday he worked out how to consistently roll from his back to his tummy, now today he's done a 90 degree turn, then rolled back to tummy, then tummy to back and off the lounge room carpet straight towards the toys. He often still gets caught in tummy time, and then gets frustrated, but I think our little roller is very clever. Here he is with his big sister cheering him on.

Soft toy smiles

Roy loves to have chats these days. It is a matter of talk to him and he will smile and laugh. I am going to the council's talk on introducing solids today. It was only 2 years ago that I had to do the same with his big sister, but I think I need a refresher. Roy is now 7.38kgs. He is tracking on the 50th percentile for weight.

A changed little man

Roy met his Aunty and his cousin for the first time last week. He liked the extra attention, but not half as much as he now likes his bottles and solids. Well, actually he is quite indifferent on the solids still, but he takes a couple of teaspoons once or twice a day. His Pop is visiting relatives in Canada, and its the norm to start at 4 months there, but here they still usually suggest closer to 6 months. At least by starting early, Roy has more time to get in the swing of it. It is helping his reflux a lot. The spit-ups have reduced enormously.

Bottles for Baby Boy

A lot has happened to our little lad since we last updated Roy Time.

He's moved to bottle feeding, and we're doing 2 expressed breast milk feeds a day and the rest is formula. He is doing better on the bottle, and is much more satisfied rather than struggling through breast feeds with his reflux.

We visited his Paediatrician today, and he's doing fine. The Pead thinks I should put him on solids to help his reflux, because he still spits up his feeds more than you'd like. I've bought the rice cereal, so that is on the cards for the next week.

Best news is that his ticker is almost 100%. He's still got a minor murmur, but nothing like when he was born.