A "new normal"

Our "new normal" started this week with the start of the new school year. We were so blessed to have gotten our little man when we did as I was able to have 5-6 weeks with him before the chaos of summer hit. We have been home a little over 4 months. In that time, there has been LOTS of Mommy and baby time. I've been dreading school starting for this reason. When Kobe came home at 7 months old, he wasn't very good at supporting himself. He didn't roll over or sit up, etc.. He was developmentally delayed, but caught up less than a month of being home. While we missed the first 7 months of his life, we still got to see many firsts. What a blessing. However...this has also made time seem to fly even faster. Part of this is why it is hard for me to be away from him all day every day. I miss him so much. The first day he went to daycare all day (for a trial run) Lexi said, "Kobe not being here is killing me." If his 10 year old sister thinks this, imagine how his mommy feels. :) It certainly was a long, hard week of transitioning back into the swing of full time work, full time daycare, and Daddy coaching and being gone a lot. We did survive the first week! :) Hopefully it gets easier from here on out. Kobe loves daycare which makes it easier on me. I know I'm having a harder time with it than he is. The first day he acted kind of strange around all of us when we got home. I can't put it into words, but he acted different. That was the only day we really saw any difference....until today. After 5 days of daycare now we are home. He is really out of sorts. I'm sure it is confusing to him.

He continues to army crawl, but is crawling more and more. (still not all of the time though) He does pull himself up all of the time and is getting pretty good at walking along things. It is crazy how much more stable he is getting on his feet. He can even bend down and pick up a toy and not fall down. Watch out!!!!

I'm posting a picture of the first day of school.

 

4 months home---11 months old

Picture #1--Referral picture at 4 months old.
Picture #2--First day home at 7 months old.
Picture #3--Current at 11 months old.

Lots to update about

When we were on the wait list, the days would just drag on and on. Now that we are home, the days fly by. I don't post as much as I used to b/c there isn't as much to tell. Sunday will be 4 months home. Wow! Yes time does fly.  It is so hard to believe we have been home for 4 months.

Kobe has changed so much over the past 4 months. His newest trick...pulling himself up on everything. Boy are his arms long. ;) He has been army crawling for a long time. He gets on his hands and knees all of the time, but doesn't use that as a mode of transportation. Tonight I saw him crawl as much as he ever has so I believe soon he will be crawling as fast as he was army crawling. Nothing is safe!!!

Soon our little boy will be going to daycare full time. I know he will do much better than his mom will. We have spent lots and lots of time just Mommy and baby. It has to be done, but it will be hard. I have gotten spoiled b/c for 4 months I have been able to stay home with him. He has grown and changed so fast b/c he was delayed when we brought him home and he caught up quickly. I will miss all of the time that I spend with him. I'm sure we will both be happy  to see each other when the day is over.

I finally set up an appointment to have Kobe tested for allergies. I wasn't too concerned before since he was just on formula. Now as he gets closer to being a year, I need some guidance as to what kind of milk we will transition to....coconut, almond, or rice. I'm hoping that we can get some more concrete answers as opposed to trial and error. The 2 times he was given milk based items, he threw up every 10 minutes for the first hour and continued to throw up for about 4 hours.  Do we need to keep him away from the big milk items like milk, yogurt, and ice cream? Or do we need to keep him away from everything that has milk in it? I hope we don't have to do trial and error. I hope that the testing gives us some answers. I will feel better having a professional on our "team" through this.

When we first brought Kobe home, his labs were whacked out. His liver enyzmes were very high. We were sent to an Infectious Disease doctor. He had an ultrasound done on his liver and everything looked good. This ID doctor has been keeping an eye on his labs. He was just re-tested the beginning of August. His liver enyzmes have dropped, but are still higher than she would like them. We need to re-test again the beginning of September. If they haven't dropped enough, she is going to refer us on to an Internal Medicine Doctor. I made the mistake of looking on the internet to see causes of high liver enyzmes. All that did was freak me out. I hope/pray that those levels will be down next blood draw and all will be well. I need to remind myself that God already knows what is going on. He chose this child to be ours. He is truly the perfect fit for our family.

Lots of changes and testing going on in the next few weeks. We certainly would appreciate your prayers. Thanks much!

Here is a picture of Little Mr. Trouble.