Old Friends

On Monday Morgan had a follow-up with her pediatrician. Since it is in the medical center, I dropped by the NICU to let them see how big Morgan has grown (12 lbs!). I had hoped to visit with some of her former nurses, but was unlucky that all of her regular nurses were not working. We did however get to see two of her regular doctors which I did not expect. It was funny to see them discreetly check her muscle tone, eye movement, etc. We will always appreciate how good they were to Morgan and us.

Her Doctors appoitment went well. Luckily she doesn't have much going on. Her coughing and reflux has improved tremendously and they were all in agreement that she was already teething. We have tried so many different teething toys but nothing has worked better than washing our hands and letting her gnaw on one of our fingers. She will have a followup swallow study in a few weeks to see when we can begin to wean her off of the simply thick gel (being added to her milk since she was aspirating a little bit of it). Early Childhood Intervention is still coming every other week and does not see anything to worry them. Morgan is rolling from her belly to her back but not quite mastered the opposite.

Grandma has not seen her in a while so we are excited to see her for Easter next weekend. All she has heard is Morgan's screaming in the background on the phone. Now she can hear it in person. haha


Forget all the fancy toys


Beginning to smile and softly laugh


Dr. Ursula Nawab was with us from the delivery room on. She knew Morgan's chart front to back and with binders of information that was no small feat!


Dr. Amir Khan, Medical Director. Dr Khan was our Doctor after the first week and was very upfront with us on everything. No sugar coated information which was hard to swallow but glad to know the truth. Morgan has also started to pull her clothes up and put them in her mouth. This one had a bow so it was even more tasty.

Still Growing

Morgan blew past the seven month mark a couple weeks ago and continues to amaze us with her progress. Although, there really isn't anything out of the ordinary to report, which is a nice change compared to her NICU days.




Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) has visited a couple of times and reported that she is doing well and seems to be right on track developmentally. Her head control is excellent and she can roll from her tummy to her back on occasion.


Trying to catch up with Hank who comes to visit during the day a couple times a week.

ECI also agreed with our suspicions that Morgan has already started teething since she thought her gums looked swollen. We thought that was the case when she started drooling a lot more and would sometimes chew on her pacifier or bottle instead of sucking.


Finding a new use for her thumb.

In addition, she is also getting much more vocal than when she first came home, in both good and bad ways. She will smile, laugh and coo. But she will also give us an earfull if we aren't entertaining or soothing her the way she would like.


ROAAAAR!!! (okay it was a yawn but you get the idea)

She weighed 10lbs 15oz at her last appointment but that was at the end of Feb so she should have added to that by now. At the time she was going through a phase where she didn't seem to want to eat much. The doctor said not to force it and not to worry.


Sleeping > Eating

In the last week, her appetite has really picked up again so I guess she is trying to catch up now. Also, her reflux seems to have improved immensely. We're not sure if it's the medicine finally kicking in, or the fact that she is growing, or both, but regardless we are thrilled that she is so much more comfortable after eating.


Maybe this isn't so bad after all.

She also had her first weekend trip to Brenham recently to visit with Nana and Papa.


Nana and Papa have the best toys.


Best seat in the house...Nana's shoulder.


Ready for church.