A Great Check-up!!

Sam had a great week to celebrate his one-month birthday. I can't believe he's already a month old, the time has just flown by! He continues to eat well and is growing almost every day. He's also starting to really like his tummy time, he does super with picking up and holding his head and he's looking from one side to the other. He loves looking in the mirror and seeing the baby too. He still likes to be held, but is content to have some "down time" on his own on the floor or in his swing. He's very curious and is looking around at everything all the time.

Friday, Sam had a follow-up appointment with the neurologist and another EEG to look at his brain waves. He did such a good job with the EEG, didn't hardly fuss at all when they were putting the probes on his head and then just relaxed and dosed in Mom's arms during the 1/2 hour test. The best part of the day was when the doctor said that his EEG was absolutely NORMAL!! To quote her, she said "not kind of normal or almost normal, but completely normal"! She checked his muscle tone, reflexes and vision and all were good and she was very pleased with everything she saw. Given the good report, he gets to come off one of his medications so we'll be phasing that out over the next few weeks. Then he'll return in six weeks for another EEG and if all still looks good, he'll come off the other medication as well. The doctor did not see a need for another MRI at this point unless something were to change, so we could not have asked for a better prognosis. The physical therapist from the school district is coming to evaluate him on Tuesday, but given Friday's report, Sam probably will not qualify for the early intervention services, but that is good news in itself.

On the way home Friday, we stopped at Joey & Brenda's so Rylie could see that Baby Sam and Baby Jesse are two different kids. I think she was a little confused at first, but she's starting to know the difference I think.

Here are some pics of Sam in his first pair of blue jeans. I'm thinking I should have waited until he's a little bigger because he's afflicted with his daddy's "no butt" syndrome. When the doctor was holding him up to check his vision, his pants fell right off of him!