Ian had his ultrasound on his neck last Thursday. We finally got the results on it yesterday, and it turns out he has a benign cyst and swollen lymph nodes. For now, all I need to do is continue to keep an eye on it, and let them know if anything with it changes.
He also finished his physical therapy on his tortecollis yesterday. I LOVE his therapist, and am a little sad I won't be seeing her anymore. She did tell me, however, that he's not "cured" and I need to keep a close eye on him until he's 3 or 4. As he grows, it will pull the muscles tight, and since they're already tight, he may revert to hanging his head to the left. So we may be seeing a therapist again in Vegas, and she wrote that on our release papers.
Sleeping is a nightmare. There is a method (actually, I'm finding most methods use this) that involves eat, play, and sleep. It's all about giving the baby a routine, something we don't have at all (it's difficult being at my dad's and establishing a routine, so it's something we will really work on once we get to Vegas in a couple of weeks). Supposedly, the better a baby naps, the better he'll sleep. LIES LIES LIES. Yesterday, I got him to take 2 naps, one was an hour, the next 1 1/2 hours. I was psyched for bedtime, totally thinking "Oh yeah, he'll sleep now". He woke up EVERY HOUR. I tried not to feed him everytime and just helped him soothe himself back to sleep, but it didn't go well for me and at one point I actually got so frustrated I yelled at him. I felt horrible, and it obviously didn't help, but I don't know what else to do. I haven't slept more than a couple of hours at a time since he was born and it's getting to me. I can't wait for Hazen to get home and help me with all this. I'm starting to lose it a little bit.
Oh well. he's been down now for about an hour, and hopefully he'll sleep a little longer. It's hard because he's asleep in his bouncy chair in the living room--he wakes up and screams the second I put him in his crib. He is a stubborn little thing.
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