Wyatt has been very interested in solids. Cameron is as well but not as eager as Wyatt. I did try a bite of some avocado with them and they did okay all things considered.
Both of them have excellent head control and can roll over. They can sit up if you support them at the waist. Their jumperoos are their favorite toy to play with. They also love water (as long as it isn't too cold!).
They've been living the life though and growing, growing, growing! Cameron is 13 lbs now, Wyatt is 14 lbs. We have a great time.
They enjoy their books
We go hiking
We sit on the deck outside and enjoy the fresh air
We look super cool out at the pool
The jumperoo is a favorite
And I've dabbled in face painting
The last few checkups I brought up flat spots on their heads, Cameron's being worse than Wyatt's. The doctor kept saying they'll grow out of it, but I kept mentioning it. I was concerned and would rather start working on it sooner than later so he gave me a referral to a physical therapist.
Yesterday was Cameron's evaluation. The appointment was at 3:30pm and lasted until about 5pm. The evaluation is a long appointment! I'm glad I didn't schedule the boys back to back. That would have been some cranky babies!
The physical therapist noticed some stiffness in Cameron's neck on the right side which is giving him some decreased range of motion turning his head to the left. He prefers to sleep with his head turned to the right and now we know why. I've been going in at night after he's fallen asleep and turning his head to the left. He stays that way until he moves and he goes right back.
Babies should be able to turn their head to where their chin is over their shoulder. Cameron is fine going to the right but to the left, he has about 20 degrees of turning he lacks. He also tilts his head slightly when I lay him down. I always thought it was him being cute, but it's a symptom.
His official diagnosis is torticollis.
With him being a NICU baby, a twin, premature, the reflux, it's all added up, so she says. Basically she was telling me I'm still a good mom, haha! She could tell I had been trying to work on it by the way he acted.
Once he reaches 6 months of age, if his head hasn't improved, then they'll recommend a helmet. Until then, she gave me some stretches to do with him. I need to do a few changes on how I hold him to get him to strengthen the other side of his neck. He has three physical therapy sessions scheduled where we'll see if his therapy is helping.
While this looks like two babies on the floor (Cameron is in the grey pants), it's part of his therapy. Putting him on a harder surface with his head turned acts like a helmet to help even out his head.
When he turns to his left, sometimes he tries to look up to accomplish this. That's cheating. In the picture, he's cheating a little. He can turn a little bit more than in this pictured, but he's definitely stiff.
Wyatt's evaluation is scheduled for next week. His flat spot isn't as bad but it's similar to Cameron's so I'm expecting his therapy to be the same. The actual therapy appointments are short enough that they can be back to back so it'll just be one trip a week.
This isn't anything major, especially compared to what they've been through already. But I'm glad we're addressing it.
Our neighborhood was so supportive, so we we threw a small little party for them. They got to meet the boys, have some cupcakes and chat. It was fun and the boys even received some gifts! Everyone is so kind. We can't even begin to explain how much we've appreciated it.
I put some of their NICU items in some shadow boxes, made cupcakes, made little cupcake toppers, and just had a ball. We kept with the superman and batman theme.
And the cupcakes were delicious!
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