7 Weeks!!

Oh WOW!
I knew time was flying by fast with Natalie, but this is no contest. Two babies make the clock spin out of control.
Elijah is now 7 weeks old!! And he is getting soooo BIG! He is also getting better and better at letting me sleep at night...so far 4.5 hours is a row.
The last Dr.'s visit we had went pretty good.
They took a chest x-ray - oh I wish I'd had my camera - they put him in this clear tube with his arms up over his head! It wasn't funny - but it was interesting. He did really well for them...so well that the x-ray tech was telling him to cry (because she needed to know when he took a deep breath so she could take the picture!)
His x-ray looked just fine.

Then the cardiologist checked his blood pressure with a dopler machine and found that he has some discrepancies. Usually the blood pressure in your leg is the same or just a bit higher than in your arm. Elijah's was different....his was lower in his leg than in his arm about 12 points higher - they get concerned at 13 points higher.
Needless to say he is still on his blood pressure medicine. They will re-check it in 2.5 months and they will do an echocardiagram.

On Sept 11 we will take him to a nephrologist (sp) - a kidney Dr. They will run a dye into his bladder and see if both of the lines to his kidneys are working and not swollen any more. He has something called - hydrophranosis (sp) Which is reflux of the kidney. So hopefully he will check out fine and we can take him off his antibiotics.

He is a wonderful baby! Hardly cries at all, except for during his fussy time - from 6pm till 9pm - He isn't crying the whole time - he is just hard to pacify during that time.

He loves his sister - he would rather look at her than me! I know this because I will be lying on the floor talking to him and then she comes over and steals his attention away. Natalie really loves to kiss him and to tickle his face with her hair.

Elijah is cooing and making all the sweet baby noises. He loves to watch his mobile and kick up a storm.

Otherwise he isn't doing much else.

I will post pics soon. Hopefully I can catch his contagious smile and show off his dimple!