Yep, that's right: Similac recalled all their powder-based formula because of BEETLES in it.
Oh, that's right, I almost forgot, and their LARVA, too.
Beetles and their babies.
In my baby's formula.
"SIMILAC IS BEETLES!!!!!!!!"
(Anyone get that obscure movie reference? Anyone? No takers?)
And, of course, Similac formula is the only brand that doesn't make the babe backed up. It's going to be a fun weekend.
Ave went through one serious growth spurt last week. Several times he woke up in the middle of the night to eat (which he hasn't done for over a month now), and he has been putting food away. Now, all of his pajamas are high-waters. He is one. Big. Baby. Like I may seriously need to look in to purchasing a weight lifting belt. My biceps are so hot right now.
He's just this little Hulk Hogan guy: rolling over from his tummy to his back, once rolling over from his back alllllmost all the way on to his tummy, looking all the way to the right, taking all his weight on his legs, and, get this: he is officially a "propped sitter." He sits up all by himself when his arms are on the floor in front of him. I mean, really. Show off.
Drill Sergeant Debbie came today for the first time in almost two weeks (scheduling conflicts, it happens. Whatev.). For the entire session she just sat on the floor, watching Ave and shaking her head, saying, "I wouldn't have believed it if you told me. This is phenomenal. I would not have believed he was doing this stuff already."
Like I said, show off.
Drill Sergeant Debbie came today for the first time in almost two weeks (scheduling conflicts, it happens. Whatev.). For the entire session she just sat on the floor, watching Ave and shaking her head, saying, "I wouldn't have believed it if you told me. This is phenomenal. I would not have believed he was doing this stuff already."
Like I said, show off.
Last week we scratched the ophthalmologist off our list. Glorious feeling. And hopefully, it will be even more wonderful to scratch the cranio-facial surgeon off our list after our appointment in a couple weeks.
I am not looking forward to it. At all. For one, they do a head scan. To get precise images, they put a pantyhose-like cap over Avram's head. He's going to be really excited about that.
After the cranio-facial surgeon studies the images, he will tell us if we are lucky candidates for--drumroll, please:
A baby helmet.
Yes, you read that correctly. A helmet. For babies.
I should back up for a second and explain the reason we are seeing this doctor in the first place. Since the shunt caused Ave's side preference, he in turn has a pretty serious flat spot on the left side of his head. Normally flat spots round themselves out, but in the babe's case he also has a little cone head thing going on up top, and possibly some 'bulging' in other spots. Not so normal.
Without intervention, this can cause some pretty serious problems with his vision, hearing, balances, etc. Not to mention he'll look like he has a hacky sack for a head.
Without intervention, this can cause some pretty serious problems with his vision, hearing, balances, etc. Not to mention he'll look like he has a hacky sack for a head.
This is where the helmet comes in.
If the scans show that his head shape isn't going to get better on it's own, we will have to decide if we want to put Avram in a helmet. It would be for anywhere between one and six months. The helmet is designed in a way to help the head, you know...round out.
But they stink.
As in literally stink. Like a skunk trapped in a trash can in a sewage drain.
As in literally stink. Like a skunk trapped in a trash can in a sewage drain.
And all of his hair will fall out.
And people will think that I must have taken some seriously bad drugs while I was pregnant.
I'm trying to psych myself up for it. I'm trying to remind myself that it would be a temporary inconvenience with long-term benefits. He won't have any memory of it, other than whatever pictures we may take of him and whenever a family member decides to bring it up to humiliate him in front of his first girlfriend. But then I remember the fact that a lot of insurance plans will not cover the helmet unless his case of plagiocephaly (fancy medical term for hacky sack head) is deemed extreme and the helmet medically necessary. And these puppies ain't cheap.
This is because some parents elect to have the helmet purely for cosmetic reasons, which kind of get and kind of don't. It would be different if Ave's head was just a little flat on one side. But it's more than that. You can actually see one side of his forehead is higher than the other. That goes a little beyond cosmetic, I think.
So, we find ourselves praying 3 prayers this week:
Lord, you either are going to
1. Round out his head all by Yourself. And You are perfectly capable of doing that.
2. Drop some cash in our pockets to pay for his fancy new hat
Or, the most awkward prayer I've probably ever prayed,
3. Make sure his head is badly misshapen and lop-sided enough to be covered by insurance.
So, we wait. Just like we have been for months now. We pray, we wait, we eat up every precious moment with our chubby little guy, we hope, and we wait. God has heard. And He knows.
I'm trying to psych myself up for it. I'm trying to remind myself that it would be a temporary inconvenience with long-term benefits. He won't have any memory of it, other than whatever pictures we may take of him and whenever a family member decides to bring it up to humiliate him in front of his first girlfriend. But then I remember the fact that a lot of insurance plans will not cover the helmet unless his case of plagiocephaly (fancy medical term for hacky sack head) is deemed extreme and the helmet medically necessary. And these puppies ain't cheap.
This is because some parents elect to have the helmet purely for cosmetic reasons, which kind of get and kind of don't. It would be different if Ave's head was just a little flat on one side. But it's more than that. You can actually see one side of his forehead is higher than the other. That goes a little beyond cosmetic, I think.
So, we find ourselves praying 3 prayers this week:
Lord, you either are going to
1. Round out his head all by Yourself. And You are perfectly capable of doing that.
2. Drop some cash in our pockets to pay for his fancy new hat
Or, the most awkward prayer I've probably ever prayed,
3. Make sure his head is badly misshapen and lop-sided enough to be covered by insurance.
So, we wait. Just like we have been for months now. We pray, we wait, we eat up every precious moment with our chubby little guy, we hope, and we wait. God has heard. And He knows.
"And God heard the groaning of the people of Israel, and God knew."
exodus 2:24-25
2 comments:
Cassie, you are such a phenomenal mother. So real about all that you are going to...and able to keep a sense of humor about it (hacky sacky head - HA). I think God loves a little humor when he's doling out grace.
I'll keep fingers crossed and say a prayer. I'm a believer in the last one always, the first one, hey, what can it hurt? :)
Uh, yeah "to" should be "through" there...sorry 'bout that!
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