Splash Time

It's been two weeks since Archer's last pediatrician appointment. He was due for a weight check to see how much weight he could gain on a 24/25 calorie fortifier. He was also due for more vaccinations. On his last visit Archer weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces. For his weight check, in 15 days time, he gained 14 ounces, bringing him to 9 pounds 3 ounces! The pediatrician was very pleased with this gain and it helped Archer get back on his own growth curve. He then took his vaccinations and proceeded to be fussy for the rest of the evening. Mom and Dad are happy about his weight gain and they will see what the pulmonologist says about his weight in one week.
Archer also had an appointment with his new pediatric ophthalmologist. The doctor checked for crossed eyes, motility, nearsightedness, and other ailments that may come from being premature. After Archer got poop on Dad in the middle of the appointment, the doctor found that Archer's eyes are as perfect as they can be! He is farsighted (a very good sign), has full motility, and no signs of crossed eyes or lazy eye. He does not require glasses at this time. The doctor did stress that sometime problems can arise later in life. Archer will have another appointment in 6 months.
Archer will undergo another sleep study tomorrow night to see if he still requires oxygen. There will also be another apnea monitor download to see if any of the apnea alarms have been false or real. Many times when the alarm goes off in the middle of the night, it seems to be a false alarm. When this happens, Archer looks like his breathing is fine, has good skin color, and most of the time the electrode leads on his chest came off. A monitor download was attempted a couple of weeks ago, though all the data gathered since Archer has been home was found to be corrupt.
Archer has become a chronic bathtub pooper. He also loves to splash and kick throughout bath time as well as pool time. He is also fond of finding his thumb to suck on and doing playtime and therapeutic exercises with Mom and Dad. He can hold a toy with one or two hands. He is starting to grow into 3 month old clothes and is wearing size 1 diapers. Most of the time he acts happy and healthy. His colic seems to be slowly going away, as he is only fussy a couple of nights a week. His milk intake has been slowly increasing as well, and he is starting to spread out his feedings more. Mom and Dad have attempted other types of bottle nipples because a speech therapist showed us that he had a weak suction. A different bottle type has been used the last couple of days and it seems to be working just fine.