Another Round

Jamesie had his six-month check-up today. Everything was fine (although they didn't manage to get a blood pressure on him -- oh well!)
The boys got the rest of their shots (H1N1 for both of them and the usual six-month stuff for James). Even though James already had a confirmed case of H1N1, the doctor thought it wouldn't hurt to give him the vaccine to be on the safe side, especially since his case was so mild.

At Mattie's appointment on Monday, the doctor asked if he seemed interested in our food when we were eating. (They're starting to get toward the age where they can start solid foods, although we're not really in a hurry for that.) We couldn't answer the question, because the babies don't usually have a chance to see us eat! I suppose we'll have to change our current "wolf down our food in the kitchen before they wake up from their nap" mealtime strategy.

We got the official report from the physical therapist in the mail today. In addition to being awesome with the babies, she is also extremely efficient! And she won our hearts all over again when her summary began, "James is an adorable baby boy..."

We have discovered an occupational hazard for one of her pieces of advice, though. We've been pulling the babies up from their backs to a sitting position by their arms, to encourage them to use their arm (and neck) muscles. Mattie enjoys this, but twice today he spit up once he got to that sitting position!

We had a new babysitter/nanny in today and yesterday, and it looks like she'll be able to help us out more long-term. She has great references and seems to be a very dependable and caring person. She's older, so she isn't going to be getting down on the floor to play with them, but we think this will probably be okay. As long as things continue to go well, that'll be one less thing to worry about when I go back to work. It's still very hard for me to trust someone else with my children, though. Fortunately, with Mike working at home, it's a little easier to take the leap of faith of letting someone else take care of them. I don't know if I'd be ready to leave them all alone with someone else who isn't family -- or a NICU nurse. :)

Jamesie woke up from his nap today when Mike started playing the guitar -- seemed like he heard it!