Today, we went to the neonatologist for a little visit. Frankie weighs in around 14lbs 8oz. While yes, this is small, and no, he is not on the growth charts, he has had a steady gain for himself! They just expect their patients to have tripled their birth weight by 12 months. Frankie was 5lbs 15oz at birth so he needs to be roughly 18lbs by his first birthday. I do believe this is doable! Fingers crossed! We did have a set back at the beginning of May because we had cut his ng tube feeds by 40% to encourage more oral feedings. Not only was he still uninterested, he lost some weight. So, we had to increase his feeds back to normal and he had to gain that weight back. If he wouldn't have lost that weight he would be roughly 15lbs. 8oz currently. Bummer!
The doctors we super impressed with Frankie today! Here's what they had to say:
-He looks amazing! <insert cheek pinching> :)
-He's getting so big!
-They expected him to sit up independently at 6 months, he did.
-They expect him to crawl by 10 months, he's trying.
-He is advanced in the fact that he plays with food and brings it to his mouth (yet doesn't manage to eat much).
-He's advance in his social/emotional/personal skills.
-They were very impressed with all his little "tricks" and couldn't believe the things he could do!
-Loved that he was trying to stand and crawl.
-He's a charmer! ;)
-Overall very happy and impressed with how he is doing!
It was so great to hear these things today! We didn't really know what we would be facing today (you never know from each appointment with an O baby).
We took a visit up to the NICU to see his girlfriends. We were happy to see them all! We don't go back to see them until OCTOBER! And, when we do it will be for development testing (Frankie will see it as playing).
What's next? Frankie goes to see the cardiologist on June 26th to talk about his heart surgery: how they will do it and when they will do it, probably do an echo on his heart as well.
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