Tuesday and The Geneticist

We had another appointment today.  It was with the geneticist that we saw prenatally.  I really like her.  She wanted to see Cooper to check if there were any syndromes or disabilities that could be related to the cleft.  So she did some developmental exercises with him.  He was doing everything a 6 week old should do. (this is the boys' ADJUSTED age) and most things a 12 week old does (their ACTUAL age).  This is all do to his prematurity.  He does still clinch his fists pretty tight which is a newborn thing and he should have begun to relax his upper extremities by now so I have to work with him a bit.  I had also noticed he was developing a flat spot on his head last week and she showed me what I can do to help him NOT favor that side.  The Dr. was impressed with my intuitiveness and knowledge of child development (even thought that may have been my background- which was funny cause that's what I wanted to go into.)  It felt good to get that compliment but at the same time I thought to myself why wouldn't I learn about what my baby should and shouldn't be doing?  Same went along for the cleft talk...she was impressed by mine and Mark's involvement on cleft.  She said some parents still tend to be clueless, I thought that was interesting. 

She also informed us about our chances of having another baby with a cleft.  It increases 3-4%.  It will also increase for Cooper when he has children and possibly Cannon (more so if they are identical).  When Mark and I are ready to conceive again she let us know that I should (along with prenatals) start early on a folic acid.

I'm a believer that babies and children will do things in their own time and we need to be careful as to how far to push them... but if there are things that can help him succeed I will be all about providing that for him. 

The boys will be three months tomorrow, I'll get to that tomorrow...I never knew how much worrying a mother does about her children.  All parents want for their kids is the absolute best and we will do everything under the sun to make sure the best is provided. 

Cannon says hello

Sleep deprived mommy and daddy.

Ate us some meatloaf for dinner and time for me to hit the hay while daddy takes the 9:00 pm - 1:00 am shift.  Yes, we started shifts, and I LOVE it.