Some day won't I get the hang of this?

It really is about once a month that I post to the blog. I am determined to make it more frequent.

Elijah has had two visits from the physical therapist. His first appointment with the physical therapist was the first week of March. It was an evaluation to see how much they would need to work with him. The PT will be coming once every 2 weeks. We started working to strengthen his neck muscles. The report said he is stuck in some areas at the 1 and 2 month stages. He has mild torticollis and mild plagiocephaly that the PT thinks can be corrected with positioning, so he shouldn't need a helmet. All very exciting news! The second visit was last Monday(the 17th). His PT was thrilled with his progress even just in the two weeks. She could tell he had been doing his exercises. :c) She said she no longer saw the tight muscle(the torticollis) from before and that his plagiocephaly(his head shape being off due to the positions he had chosen) was already starting to look better. She could see muscles trying to work that she hadn't seen working before. He still has work to do, but his is doing so very well.

Elijah is still very touchy and cries a lot. The PT and his pediatrician think he probably has some sensory issues. Perhaps it is related to the brain tissue that was removed to close the encephalocele, perhaps it's related to the hydrocephalus, perhaps not. He could just have that kind of temperament. Let's hope it's just something he will grow out of and not his personality, please. It might have been a bit of colic. I think it's better now than it was a month ago, but it's still hard when he has that fussy period every night.

The rest of the gang is doing great! We just had a great visit from Kirk's mom and dad. It was nice to have them here. We did a lot of fun things. I hope we didn't wear them out too much. :c) Sunday was Spencer's 3rd birthday and also Elijah's baby blessing. It was a full day! I do have pictures and will try to get them put into the gallery soon. It's so easy to fall behind in picture editing. I think I need a new routine with those.

I would write more, but Elijah's short nap is over.