I haven't updated on Sophie for a while so seeing as how she turned 6 months on Tuesday I thought I would write a wee update!
Sophie was born in March at 27 weeks, weighing just 1lb 13, after I developed severe pre eclampsia. After 12 weeks in neonatal, she came home weighing 5lb 6.
She has been doing really well since she came home and is so alert - smiling, recognising people, very nearly rolling over (she gets as far as her side then gets stuck!)....the past couple of weeks she's also started picking her toys up and clutching them and she absolutely loves books, which sounds crazy but she does! My mum bought her a little baby book and she was sitting on my knee turning the pages - so cute!
We started weaning her at 5 and a half months and we're still going slowly with that but she is enjoying it. I think her favourite is butternut squash but she also loves the Heinz fruit and yoghurt.
She was finally diagnosed with reflux last week (after we had suspected it since she came home!) - Gaviscon made it worse but she's now on staydown milk and so far that seems to be helping....fingers crossed!
She hates tummy time and doesn't do anything yet when we put her on her tummy (other than turn her head from one side to the other) but if I lie her on my chest she does push herself up. I hope she is going to start liking tummy time a bit more soon!
Here are a few recent photos of her
Sophie was born in March at 27 weeks, weighing just 1lb 13, after I developed severe pre eclampsia. After 12 weeks in neonatal, she came home weighing 5lb 6.
She has been doing really well since she came home and is so alert - smiling, recognising people, very nearly rolling over (she gets as far as her side then gets stuck!)....the past couple of weeks she's also started picking her toys up and clutching them and she absolutely loves books, which sounds crazy but she does! My mum bought her a little baby book and she was sitting on my knee turning the pages - so cute!
We started weaning her at 5 and a half months and we're still going slowly with that but she is enjoying it. I think her favourite is butternut squash but she also loves the Heinz fruit and yoghurt.
She was finally diagnosed with reflux last week (after we had suspected it since she came home!) - Gaviscon made it worse but she's now on staydown milk and so far that seems to be helping....fingers crossed!
She hates tummy time and doesn't do anything yet when we put her on her tummy (other than turn her head from one side to the other) but if I lie her on my chest she does push herself up. I hope she is going to start liking tummy time a bit more soon!
Here are a few recent photos of her
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