Nathan figured out how to drink from a straw today.
My mom and I were at grandma's house and we had pop from White Castles. Nathan kept trying to grab the straw to have a drink. Of course since it's pop my mom kept saying NO. Well I said let him try, it's not like he will get anything, he doesn't know how to drink from a straw. Well the little sucker proved me wrong. After a few attempts he got some pop in his mouth. We were shocked!!!! He started clapping, and was so proud of himself. It was adorable. Of course we didn't let him have the cup anymore. So when mom and I went to lunch, and Nathan's milk came to the table, I decided to keep the lid and straw on the cup. He did fabulous. I am super proud he figured it out. Now I am going to buy him this Diego straw sippy I seen at Babies R Us. It is really cute, and he LOVES Diego.
The Wood Family
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Dr. El-baba Visit
I took Nathan to see Dr. El-baba today for his tube change. Kevin and I tried changing it the other day, and it would not come out. I didn't want to hurt him, so we decided we were going to have him do it. Plus it's been bothering him a lot, so we wanted Dr. E to check it out. Everything went well. Of course he pulled it out no problem. Putting the new one in was a little harder since he was screaming and tightening his stomach. He said the site looks good. Nothing to worry about.
He did knock off a month though. YAY!!!! He originally said (on Dec 17th) the tube needed to stay in for 6 months of non use before we could remove it permanently. But he said give it 3 more months. We are extremely excited. Instead of it coming out June 17th, we will be removing it May 13th. (Fingers crossed, they don't put him back on tube feeds, I don't want to start all over again)
What a great Anniversary present. Per his approval, we will take the tube out the 13th at night. (That way he is not running around while it's healing) I decided I will take the 14th (Our Anniversary) off work, just in case I need to take him to the doctors. We are totally going to celebrate. Can't wait!!!!
He did knock off a month though. YAY!!!! He originally said (on Dec 17th) the tube needed to stay in for 6 months of non use before we could remove it permanently. But he said give it 3 more months. We are extremely excited. Instead of it coming out June 17th, we will be removing it May 13th. (Fingers crossed, they don't put him back on tube feeds, I don't want to start all over again)
What a great Anniversary present. Per his approval, we will take the tube out the 13th at night. (That way he is not running around while it's healing) I decided I will take the 14th (Our Anniversary) off work, just in case I need to take him to the doctors. We are totally going to celebrate. Can't wait!!!!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Long Awaited Update
Has it really been 2 months since I updated?? I am SO sorry. Things have been super busy with the Wood family. Seems like we are always on the go. One of my New Years Resolutions is to make sure I set aside some time to give everyone proper updates on Nathan. I will stay on top of this site more. That being said....where do I begin??
We had a great Thanksgiving. It was so nice to be around family. Family is SO important. I just love them all. I even got to meet my cousins new daughter Natalie. What a cutie she is. (See pictures in second year album) Nathan didn't eat like I thought he would. But then again for the week leading up to Thanksgiving it seemed he decided he didn't want to eat anymore. I couldn't understand why, because he was doing so well. Kevin and I decided Thanksgiving night we would lower his feed from 8 hours to 4 hours and see how that goes. Well it worked. Just like that overnight. He started eating so much more during the day. He likes everything. We were thrilled. We just hoped that GI and Dietary felt the same way when we took him to his appointment December 17th. We didn't consult them first.
December 17th came around, and we headed back downtown to Children's for Nathans appointment. Before heading to GI we stopped to see Andrea from PT. She was so excited to see him, and how well he is doing now. After seeing Andrea, we headed to GI, and awaited Dr. El-baba. First Sarah came in. She is his dietician. We let her know how he was doing and that we lowered his feed to 4 hours, and it has seemed to help so much. I asked her what her thoughts are about stopping his feed at night all together to see how that goes. She said she was okay with that, and we can do it on a trail run for a month and see how it goes. She also switched him from peptamen(since it taste nasty by mouth) to pedisure. That way he can drink it during the day. She also wants us to start him on vitamins. After she was done talking with us, Dr. El-baba came in. He was thrilled to see how well Nathan is doing, and agreed with Sarah's decision to stop his feeds. I asked him if he could give us an idea of when the tube could come out. He said that he has to be tube free for 6 months. Meaning, if we do not use the tube for 6 whole months, the tube can come out. That made me super excited. I told Nathan that his tube could come out June 17th, but he has to eat and gain like a good boy. Fingers crossed our target date will be reached. Since being off the tube feeds, Nathan is an eating MACHINE. He eats ALL day long. He has his 3 meals a day, and a snack in between. He loves everything, and eats anything. We definitely do not have a picky eater.
We had a wonderful Christmas. It was so fun. We celebrated with Kevin's side of the family on Christmas eve. Nathan opened a few things but lost interest quickly. He'd rather raid his grandma's Tupperware cabnet~lol But boy did he eat. Holy cow, I think Nathan ate more than us adults did. He ate from the time we got there, until we had to leave. I just love watching him eat. That means we are 1 step closer to being tube free!!!!! The following morning Nathan woke us up and made a bee line for the tree. Or should I say the presents!!! Santa brought him a lot of stuff, because he was such a good boy this year. Nathan took a nap around noon, and woke up right before my parents came over. After exchanging and opening gifts, we had dinner. Then after dinner, Nathan entertained all of us. He is such a character. The weekend we just stayed home, and played with all the new toys.
My plans now are to pack away all of his baby toys, to make room for his new toys. I got his bedroom done, but I still have the living room, and our master bedroom to go through. Well I think I have finished with all the updates. We hope you all enjoy the rest of your 2009, and hope your 2010 is the best year ever!!!! Love you all!!!
We had a great Thanksgiving. It was so nice to be around family. Family is SO important. I just love them all. I even got to meet my cousins new daughter Natalie. What a cutie she is. (See pictures in second year album) Nathan didn't eat like I thought he would. But then again for the week leading up to Thanksgiving it seemed he decided he didn't want to eat anymore. I couldn't understand why, because he was doing so well. Kevin and I decided Thanksgiving night we would lower his feed from 8 hours to 4 hours and see how that goes. Well it worked. Just like that overnight. He started eating so much more during the day. He likes everything. We were thrilled. We just hoped that GI and Dietary felt the same way when we took him to his appointment December 17th. We didn't consult them first.
December 17th came around, and we headed back downtown to Children's for Nathans appointment. Before heading to GI we stopped to see Andrea from PT. She was so excited to see him, and how well he is doing now. After seeing Andrea, we headed to GI, and awaited Dr. El-baba. First Sarah came in. She is his dietician. We let her know how he was doing and that we lowered his feed to 4 hours, and it has seemed to help so much. I asked her what her thoughts are about stopping his feed at night all together to see how that goes. She said she was okay with that, and we can do it on a trail run for a month and see how it goes. She also switched him from peptamen(since it taste nasty by mouth) to pedisure. That way he can drink it during the day. She also wants us to start him on vitamins. After she was done talking with us, Dr. El-baba came in. He was thrilled to see how well Nathan is doing, and agreed with Sarah's decision to stop his feeds. I asked him if he could give us an idea of when the tube could come out. He said that he has to be tube free for 6 months. Meaning, if we do not use the tube for 6 whole months, the tube can come out. That made me super excited. I told Nathan that his tube could come out June 17th, but he has to eat and gain like a good boy. Fingers crossed our target date will be reached. Since being off the tube feeds, Nathan is an eating MACHINE. He eats ALL day long. He has his 3 meals a day, and a snack in between. He loves everything, and eats anything. We definitely do not have a picky eater.
We had a wonderful Christmas. It was so fun. We celebrated with Kevin's side of the family on Christmas eve. Nathan opened a few things but lost interest quickly. He'd rather raid his grandma's Tupperware cabnet~lol But boy did he eat. Holy cow, I think Nathan ate more than us adults did. He ate from the time we got there, until we had to leave. I just love watching him eat. That means we are 1 step closer to being tube free!!!!! The following morning Nathan woke us up and made a bee line for the tree. Or should I say the presents!!! Santa brought him a lot of stuff, because he was such a good boy this year. Nathan took a nap around noon, and woke up right before my parents came over. After exchanging and opening gifts, we had dinner. Then after dinner, Nathan entertained all of us. He is such a character. The weekend we just stayed home, and played with all the new toys.
My plans now are to pack away all of his baby toys, to make room for his new toys. I got his bedroom done, but I still have the living room, and our master bedroom to go through. Well I think I have finished with all the updates. We hope you all enjoy the rest of your 2009, and hope your 2010 is the best year ever!!!! Love you all!!!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Halloween Party
We went to our second annual mommy group Halloween party tonight. Nathan had SO much fun with his friends. He was so cute dressed as a little Peanut. The costume is perfect. He has been our lil peanut since the day I found out I was pregnant with him. Everyone thought he looked adorable. He even surprised the ladies by how well he walks now. It was a great time with friends, and some great food. Even Nathan loved the food.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Really Slacking
I am really slacking on updates. I am so sorry. There just does not seem to be enough time in the day to get everything done I need to get done. Even at work, things have been steady so I haven't had time to hop on and give an update. Anyway.....
Nathan is doing VERY good. He has been released from therapy!!!!! We are extremely excited. His last day was October 9th. Andrea said he is doing amazing and eating everything she has thrown at him. She even gave him sour patch kids. She said it took awhile to eat it, but he did it with NO gagging. We are so proud of our little man. She wanted his last day to be October 14th to go over his discharge, but he got really sick. So she said we don't need to come back, she would just get the discharge papers together for us. We are really going to miss her, but did find her on facebook, so that is great. I am glad we can keep in touch.
Yup, Nathan was sick last week. He had a fever, and all he wanted to do was lay down, sleep or be held. It was a ruff week. The doctor said it's going around, and that it just has to run it's course. That is 1 plus about having that feeding tube. We just hooked him up during the day so he could get nutrition. He did not want to eat at all. He is doing better now, but now he is teething pretty bad again. A lot of his molars are coming in all at one time. He is extremely fussy, drooling a lot, and chewing everything. Plus he is not eating like he was prior to being sick. Poor baby.
Nathan is walking more and more. He has taken about 20 steps unassisted. The other day he walked from his bedroom all the way to the front room, without falling. He just needs to continue to work on his balance. I can't wait until he starts walking full time. He is getting to big to carry. Where did our lil baby go??? He is also becoming more vocal. Hasn't said anymore new words, but he talks his own language. It is so adorable. He also loves to play by himself at home. He keeps himself occupied for long periods of time. Which is nice because then I can get things done. He will go from playing in the front room, to playing in his bedroom. In is own little world. It is too adorable.
I am looking forward to the holidays coming up. For Halloween he is going to be a Peanut. I am so excited about that. I wanted him to be a peanut last year, but the costume did not come in his size. So this year, is the year of the Peanut. I will post pictures as soon as possible after the 31st. I am looking forward to Thanksgiving as well. I hope we cam get all the babies together this year. (Nathan, Adryan and my cousin's new baby Natalie) I am also super excited for Christmas. I am sad I won't see Matt, Kristal, and Adryan as this is their year to be at Kristal's parents, but we will make a day to get together to celebrate. Last year Nathan had just gotten out of the hospital (and returned the following day) and was not feeling well. This year I am hoping he doesn't get sick, and can just have a great time. We are going to spoil him again this year~lol I might as well admit it. I can't wait!!!!!
Well that's about it for now. I will update again soon.
Nathan is doing VERY good. He has been released from therapy!!!!! We are extremely excited. His last day was October 9th. Andrea said he is doing amazing and eating everything she has thrown at him. She even gave him sour patch kids. She said it took awhile to eat it, but he did it with NO gagging. We are so proud of our little man. She wanted his last day to be October 14th to go over his discharge, but he got really sick. So she said we don't need to come back, she would just get the discharge papers together for us. We are really going to miss her, but did find her on facebook, so that is great. I am glad we can keep in touch.
Yup, Nathan was sick last week. He had a fever, and all he wanted to do was lay down, sleep or be held. It was a ruff week. The doctor said it's going around, and that it just has to run it's course. That is 1 plus about having that feeding tube. We just hooked him up during the day so he could get nutrition. He did not want to eat at all. He is doing better now, but now he is teething pretty bad again. A lot of his molars are coming in all at one time. He is extremely fussy, drooling a lot, and chewing everything. Plus he is not eating like he was prior to being sick. Poor baby.
Nathan is walking more and more. He has taken about 20 steps unassisted. The other day he walked from his bedroom all the way to the front room, without falling. He just needs to continue to work on his balance. I can't wait until he starts walking full time. He is getting to big to carry. Where did our lil baby go??? He is also becoming more vocal. Hasn't said anymore new words, but he talks his own language. It is so adorable. He also loves to play by himself at home. He keeps himself occupied for long periods of time. Which is nice because then I can get things done. He will go from playing in the front room, to playing in his bedroom. In is own little world. It is too adorable.
I am looking forward to the holidays coming up. For Halloween he is going to be a Peanut. I am so excited about that. I wanted him to be a peanut last year, but the costume did not come in his size. So this year, is the year of the Peanut. I will post pictures as soon as possible after the 31st. I am looking forward to Thanksgiving as well. I hope we cam get all the babies together this year. (Nathan, Adryan and my cousin's new baby Natalie) I am also super excited for Christmas. I am sad I won't see Matt, Kristal, and Adryan as this is their year to be at Kristal's parents, but we will make a day to get together to celebrate. Last year Nathan had just gotten out of the hospital (and returned the following day) and was not feeling well. This year I am hoping he doesn't get sick, and can just have a great time. We are going to spoil him again this year~lol I might as well admit it. I can't wait!!!!!
Well that's about it for now. I will update again soon.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Vocabulary ~ Said Papa for the first time
1) Momma 2) Dadda 3) Grandma 4) Hi 5) Night Night 6) Kitty 7) Bubba 8) Huh 9) Bryan and the newest # 10) Papa
His PaPa was on the phone when he said it. And he is so happy and proud. He had major tears going on!!!!
His PaPa was on the phone when he said it. And he is so happy and proud. He had major tears going on!!!!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Nathan & a hot dog
Nathan had a hot dog for the first time today. He had about 15 bites of a hot dog tonight. It was amazing and he didn't even have a gag fit. It was great. Of course I was in tears.
He ate so well this weekend. Saturday he had a few bites of his oatmeal cinnamon, and a lot of milk. For lunch he had a bunch of spaghetti O's and some milk. He also ate a bunch of yogurt melts. He loves those melts. Sunday he had the same breakfast as Saturday. For lunch he had a few of his new fav: McDonald's french fries. Then for dinner he ate about 5 ounces of pears, and 15 bites of a hot dog.
He ate so well this weekend. Saturday he had a few bites of his oatmeal cinnamon, and a lot of milk. For lunch he had a bunch of spaghetti O's and some milk. He also ate a bunch of yogurt melts. He loves those melts. Sunday he had the same breakfast as Saturday. For lunch he had a few of his new fav: McDonald's french fries. Then for dinner he ate about 5 ounces of pears, and 15 bites of a hot dog.
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