4 month well check and a few pics

Luke had his 4 month well check up last week with Dr. J. (2 weeks late) Dr. J. was VERY impressed with how well Luke is thriving. Praise God! Here are a few stats from our appointment:

WEIGHT - 16lbs 7oz - 75%

HEAD - 90% (his head seemed to have grown a lot from his 2 month...which he was in the 75% :))

HEIGHT - 26 1/4" - 90%

My sister Anna (a pediatric nurse in Dallas) has been telling me since Luke was born that his head looks tilted a little to the left. When she was here over Thanksgiving she said he might have a mild case of Torticollis. (it is a tightness of one sternocleidomastoid muscle which can usually be treated with stretching) Then Nancy (James' mom - a pediatric PT) was here and thought he had Torticollis too. She taught me the proper exercises to do on Luke's neck to help get rid of it. Dr. J. confirmed the Torticollis while at our appointment and told me to do the stretches at every diaper change. Luke doesn't seem to mind the stretching too much as long as I am singing to him while doing it!

We have had a great few weeks. Luke is looking great these days so I am trying to savor the moments before his face gets bad again. His thighs are healing good with not too many new blisters forming. He has a few tiny ones forming on his calves and unfortunately in his bottom crack! :) I am not sure how to care for those. If I drain them I am afraid of infection. (any EB moms reading this I would appreciate some advice!) So far they haven't caused any problems and are not growing at the rate most do. His fingers, especially his thumbs are a different story. They go from bad to awful then back to bad. I'm sure it doesn't help that he might be starting to teethe because he always has his hands in his mouth! As far as his feet go...they look about the same. The sole of one foot looks terrible and I think might be a bit painful too. Luke is a VERY tough boy though. He will let out a tiny whimper here and there when we are messing with the blisters but other than that I think he is getting used to it. I'm sure God has given him one heck of a pain tolerance! Greg and I always talk and sing to him while doing our care routine. Nancy gave him some cute CD's that say his name throughout the songs. I love the Jesus music one...it is so so sweet. We play those while dressing him after his bath as well.



We tend to stay pretty busy during the day. I am really trying NOT to take advantage of having close friends near by. Lindsay and I see each other everyday and the boys are really starting to notice one another. I can't wait until Luke can sit up so they can really play together. We have enjoyed many walks together lately since the weather has been so great.

Here are a few pics. The last one is from today before we left for church. I had to show off his cute outfit his Kippy gave him. He spits up a million times a day so it is hard to put him in nice clothes most of the time!