Wow! Time has surely flown by! I can't believe my baby is 7 months old! He loves to sit outside, ride in the jogging stroller, play with his toys, pet the dogs and eat the baby food my mom has been making for him! He has very little hair but the hair that is coming in is blonde. Baby William is still a tiny thing only weighing in at a whoping 14lbs.7oz! He has definately gotten good use out of all his clothes so far! He can sit up by himself and hold his bottle by himself! He is still a wonderful sleeper- he takes a bath, bottle and you can just lay him in his bed with his lamb on the ocean sound and not a peep he will make. I really couldn't have asked for a more content and easy baby. We did have a little scare this past month. Baby William went for his 6 month checkup, and the dr. was worried he could possibly have hydrocephalus(water in the brain) b/c his head was measuring faster than his body. We were sent to Jackson Imaging Center two days later for a CAT scan. Luckily Will and I were able to be in there with him, and they didn't have to put him asleep to get the scans. The scans came back free of hydrocephalus which was great, but they did find some extra fluid on the outside of his brain. We were referred to Children's Hospital in Birmingham and went for out first appointment last Thursday. I little medical background...some babies are born with extra fluid and eventually the body will absorb it as they grow older. If it didn't, they would have to put a shunt in the head to drain it. He could have it because he was premature, but the dr. said babies that were born full term have it too. The doctor visit was great! William was right on track developmentally and passed all the sensory tests. The dr. is pretty sure he will be just fine and eventually his body will catch up with his head. He said we would really know if something was wrong b/c he would be acting sick and would probably cry alot, and William does none of that!They measured me and Will's heads as a part of the visit and said ours were above average too! We will go back in two months for a check up. Please say a little prayer for William and thanks to all of you that have been thinking of us!
