Texas RSV Season Over?

Well, I am still a little leary about getting my little ones out and about but according to the pediatrician and Cook Children's, the boys will not have to get anymore RSV shots. maybe because they are a little older or what don't know for sure but they indicated that RSV admissions and treatments down 4%. What does that mean exactly? don't rightly know but I am thankful that they do not have to receive any more shots and knocking on wood that we make it out of the winter season to the spring season with no major hiccups.

I did manage to vacate the premises for a little while yesterday and enjoy Mom time without the kiddoes. I stopped by the main office of where I worked before the kids arrived and I was glad I did. It was so nice to be able to visit with almost everyone - sorry if I missed you but I will catch you next time. Sometimes it is hard to imagine that i don't work there anymore eventhough it has been about 2 years since I left. Thank you to all that spared a minute to visit with me, it was great to get out and visit the real world!

What going on

It seems I run out of time during the day these days just to type a simple post. The boys are keeping all of us busy and becoming somewhat of normal - whatever normal is...

Riley is into everything and carrying everything around to play with or throw...depends on the mood. He does bring us books for him to read now. We are having to boost some of his caloric intake with benecalorie or other calorie booster just for some added umph. Not too much but just enough to make sure he is getting the calories he needs to continue to grow. He is wanting to feed himself more and therefore not getting all the nutrition he should - picky eater. His philosophy - I eat what i want when I want. As of the last visit Riley is about 20lbs. Riley had his one year followup with Cardiology and from all indications his VSD is closed and is not causing his lungs any problems. So unless hypertension sets in or other factors from his lungs cause undue stress on his heart we will not have to go back - yea! Strike one doctor from the list!

He is wearing his glasses more these days and the opthlamologist is pleased. We are expected to increase his lenses in 5 months. We went by the optic place to adjust his frames on thursday of last week and what do you know - he just broke them - looks like i have to go back and get them fixed. To riley, no big deal mom but for me it's 1hr 1/2 drive one way just to get them fixed!

Carter is doing well and is topping the scales around 21 lbs and 9 oz. and growing big every day. He has not decided to walk without support yet but is getting stronger everyday. His ankles are showing signs of weakness so we must wear our shoes more to help him. We expect to see him walking around soon. We had our GI appointment last week and they have scheduled another swallow study to see what the food is doing when it goes down his throat. They have also changed his formula to Peptamin Jr. PreBio and he seems to be tolerating it well. Still not eating orally but we hope to get this restarted soon.