Alliance for Infants and Toddlers visited today!

The Alliance for infants and toddlers visited our house today. Eli, my big brother, black lab was not real happy. Mommy had to lock him in my room because he is a kisser. The Early Intervention Service Coordinator gave us a support plan. They are going to assist me with my Torticollis. The PA early intervention Office of Child Development and Early Learning will give me a multidisciplinary evaluation (MDE) on 8/12/2009 to determine eligibility, the need for supports and make recommendations that can assist me to develop, learn and grow. Mommy and Daddy were required to fill out and sign some forms. You can view the Early Intervention Service Coordination Support Plan and Parent's Rights Agreements here.

Four-month Check up!!

I went to the peditrician today for my 4-month check up. I weigh 16 lbs. 6 oz. and am 25 inches long. I put on 5.5 lbs and grew 2.5 inches in two months. Wow! Mommy and Daddy were still concerned about my head and ear today, and the Peditrician took a closer look. She said, "it looks as though I might have Torticollis." Torticollis? "A tightening of the muscle in one side of the neck", she said. The office gave us the number for an organization called The Alliance for infants and toddlers, 412-885-6000. (www.afit.org) They stressed that this organization provides physical therapy and early intervention for infants with torticollis. Daddy called as soon as we arrived home and made an appointment for an initial home visit on 7/30/2009.

Two-month checkup today at peditrician

I went to the pediatrician today for my 2-month check up. I weigh 11 pounds and am 22.5 inches long. I am really growing fast. Mommy and Daddy told the peditrician that I always seem to look to the right, and my right ear and right-side of my head appear to be getting flattened out. She told them to try and put me to sleep with my head facing the other way. The ear and everything will fix itself in time. That is normal in babies. That isn't going to be too easy since I really move my head while I'm sleeping. Even if I start out facing the left, I always end up facing to the right. We will see how it goes. (See my tilt to the left and turn to right in picture)

I met Mommy and Daddy today!

Its early in the morning, about 2:00 a.m. and Daddy just called the nurse to the room because Mommy wasn't feeling quite right. The nurse did a quick test and determined that Mommys water broke. The nurse told them they were going to have a baby today. Looks like I will be getting to see the outside world sooner than I thought. My original due date was 4/15/2009. At 7:44 a.m., the exact moment that Spring began, I was born via c-section. It took no time at all, and before I knew it, Mommy and Daddy heard me cry for the first time. I weigh 7 lbs. 9 oz. and am 19.5 inches long. What an exciting day!!

Alexandra's Story Beings today

Mommy had a routine checkup today. They did a sonogram as they had been every couple of weeks because Mommy had a miscarriage last time around and I was breech for quite some time. During the sonogram the technician noted (for the physician) that Mommy's amniotic fluid had lessened by half its previous level. The physician told Mommy and Daddy to go to Labor and Delivery at the hospital to make sure all was well. When they hooked Mommy up to the machine my little heart was going pitter-patter just like it should have been. However, the doctors were concerened about the low fluid level. Mommy was admitted and the medical team was going to give her fluids to try and get the amniotic levels back to normal. (Note: Mommy's amniotic level was always on the lower side of normal since day one.)