Our Growing Little Boy

I am a couple of days late in writing so I suppose its about time I give you all the update on where Logan is at. On Thursday our dietitian came for the big weigh in and we were definitely not expecting anything extravagant because we find when you get your hopes up with Logan, you set yourself up for a letdown. Well, Logan surprised us all (as usual)...he gained a whole pound! No more little weigh ins of a few ounces but an entire POUND! Which brings him up to 12lbs 11oz as of Thursday. Such excitement for us to see him thriving and doing alot better. Logan has definitely grown taller and is starting to fill out a little more in his face, stomach & legs. He also is not as pale/grey looking as he always is, in the last 2 weeks or so he has started to get some great colour back to his skin. An average baby with Logan's condition should be gaining about 13 ounces per day and he is gaining 20+ ounces, which is almost doubling the expectations!

We decided to keep it at weighing him every other week and slowly work him up to every third week and then once a month. Even though things are starting to look better we hope that it continues in this way and that he doesn't have a relapse. We will still be keeping the g-tube in till he is at least 1, after that the doctors will re-evaluate where Logan is at and see if it is best to keep it for awhile yet or if Logan will be stable enough to take the gtube out. More exciting news is that Logan takes rice cereal twice a day (keeping it all in) and he also loves baby mums & applesauce! Now that he knows what its like to be hungry/full and what real food tastes like he just can't seem to get enough. :)

Praise to our Father in Heaven for his continued care for Logan and our family from day to day.

I will always thank the Lord; I will never stop praising him. I will praise him for what he has done; may all who are oppressed listen and be glad! Proclaim with me the Lord's greatness; let us praise his name together! ~ Psalm 34:1-3

 

With those eyelashes & that beautiful smile

he sure knows how to win over his mama's heart.