First Hat & Highchair

Dear Conor,

After your very first chiroprator appointment we met up with Grandma Janet to do some shopping in Freeport.  We had to find some clothes for our family pictures that were coming up.

While out shopping we saw the new LL Bean Boot truck and I just had to get a picture of it and I made your Grandma get in the picture!

After Grandma's picture we finished the shopping for adult clothes and decided to have a little fun looking at Conor clothes!  We stopped at the children's place outlet and had you try on a litlte straw fedora.  I texted Daddy a picture and he said to buy it but we didn't because it was scratchy and I didn't want it to itch you.

But, I did get your your first baseball cap!  I love this little hat on you and you love it too!  Grandma Janet bought you a matching onesie and so you are going to be the coolest kid on the block!

After shopping we were very hungry so we went to get something to eat.  Since the dinning area was on the top floor I decided that we would try you in a high chair.  You are still a little small for them without some type of padding but you enjoyed being at table level!

Having you in a high chair at the restaurant was a big step for both you and Mommy.  It made me realize that it was time to get you one for the house because you were ready to be part of meal time and not just an observer.  You are still my little baby but you are growing up and reaching BIG milestones!  To commemorate the occassion we asked the waitress for a cup for you - your first kids meal cup!

I promise that I will embrace all your BIG STEPS in life and I will support you every step of the way but little man - this first year is going by so very fast......I really wish I could hit pause once in a while.

xoxo
Mom

Adjustments

Dear Conor,

When you were born your Daddy and I promised that we would do everything that we could to make sure that you grew up to be a strong and healthy man.  So when Mommy noticed that the back of your head was looking flatter than what she considered 'normal' she began looking for ways to help fix it.

One thing that can be done is to get a helmet.  We talked to your doctor about this and she wanted to follow-up with you at your 6 month (really 7 month) appointment to see if we needed to go that route.  Mommy did some research and learned that there is a 2-3 month wait here in Maine to see a specialist and that by that time the helmet would do little good.  So, Mommy did some more research and learned that chiropractors can use adjustments and manipulations to massage the muscles of the scalp to relax them which allows your plates to shift back into a more circular (round) head shape.

Well, wouldn't you know - Neve's mom is a chiropractor and she has worked on many infants with flat heads so we went to see her for the first time on May 24, 2012.

checking your alignment and making little adjustments

You loved getting straightened!

At our first visit we learned that your jaw was very tense on one side (likely due to your tongue tie) and that your right hip was misaligned causing your leg to over rotate.  So, Miss Erika said she would continue to observe and make adjustments to those areas as well (while we love your crooked little smile I don't want you having jaw problems)! Your head was flat and you had little bulges behind each ear.

We have now seen Ms. Erika 4 times and your head is coming along nicely.  So nicely that you have graduated to biweekly visits.  Your leg/hip is also making improvements that we notice when you practice walking.  While you still occasionally step with your right foot over your left or you attempt to do two left steps before a right - when you do use your right foot it is most often going straight.

You have your next pediatric appointment in about a month so you will have had 2-3 more visits with Ms. Erika and it is my hope that we will have made enough progress that your Doctor will feel that a referral to the helmet doctor is not necessary!!!

xoxo
Mom

Our Cyber Stalker - So Happy for Her!

I have this Cyber Stalker - but since I have now met her in real life I don't think I can qualify her as a 'cyber' anything anymore - or can I since she seems to mostly stalk me in the cyber form (the blog, facebook.....).  Anyways, I don't think those particulars matter very much because she is (1) still a stalker and (2) I actually don't mind!

It's very flattering to think that someone is enjoying reading this blog and wants to know what is going on in our daily lives (though I am doing terribly at keeping up with this blog - I have so much to post about!).

About 2 weeks ago I got some amazing news about my Cyber Stalker.....I learned that she was expecting!  I can't even begin to tell you how incredibly happy I am for my C.S. and her husband (who I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting but I hear that he once in a while might read this blog too - when prompted by the C.S.). 

While life was wonderful before the arrival of Conor, nothing could ever have prepared me for how complete and full like would feel with a small little person to call my own.

Since I'm not sure how public the news is about my C.S. I won't name her by name but I wanted her to know that I am so very excited for her and I can't wait to hear more about things (and of course now she will have to start a blog!).

                 CONGRATS CYBER STALKER!!!  I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN :)

Happy First Father's Day Daddy!

Happy Father's Day to an incredible first time Dad!

xoxo

Conor and Hunter