Dyer at 5 months

I'm 10 days late for this post but better late than never...

We brought Dyer back to the doctor again this month for his head but not because of his circumference but because of his head being flat in the back. I guess when we went to Nathan's co-workers Halloween party one of the pediatricians there was concerned about his head and brought it up to Ella (Nathan's co-worker) and gave Ella her contact information to pass on to us. I knew his head was flat (flatter than Easton and Blair's) but I guess I didn't realize that it was possibly that bad until Ella brought it up to Nathan. We met with our family doctor but he wasn't sure what to think so he referred us to a specialist. We are still waiting for them to call us to set up an appointment so as of right now we don't know anything. Based on the paper our doctor had to compare Dyer's head to his head doesn't seem to fit in with what would be considered serious (i.e. things not being symmetrical-his head is pretty much symmetrical-just flat) so they might say everything is fine and just make sure he gets more tummy time, sit up time (in other words less time lying on his back. This shouldn't be too hard since he is starting to sit up better everyday. But there is also a chance that he might be put in a helmet to help reshape his head. If this is the case then he'll probably be in a helmet for 4-6 months wearing it 23 hours a day. Can we say stinky? Especially since he still spits up all the time. I can only imagine how gross that would be. I'm hoping he doesn't need a helmet because he will forever be known as "helmet head" I'm sure.

I tried to take pictures of his head so others could see how flat it is and these were the best I could get. It was harder than you would think to get the right angle.

Dyer was 16 lbs and 25 in long and his head was 18 in (96%). They only gave me estimates so it could be more or less.

Just this last Sunday Dyer has finally started to get the hang of solids. I started him on them a few days after he turned 4 months but he just didn't seem to care much for them. I would put a bite in his mouth and he would just sit there with his mouth open and look at me like, "What am I supposed to do now?" He wouldn't really swallow it but he wouldn't push it out with his tongue either. It would just sit in his mouth until enough drool collected and would spill out of his mouth.

It seemed as though he might be allergic to rice cereal because he would break out with a little rash on his tummy. I stopped the rice and switched to oatmeal. When I started him on peas I gave him some rice cereal with them and sure enough he got another rash. So rice cereal is out for now. When I gave him green beans with oatmeal he seemed to break out with a rash so I was concerned he might be allergic to oatmeal as well but I tried oatmeal with carrots and there have been no signs. Could he be allergic to green beans? I've never had to deal with food allergies with the other kids so this is all new to me.

Dyer won't take a bottle so things can get a bit tricky. I have to plan things out just right if I need to be away from him and then I have to make sure I get home in time for his next feeding.

Just the last two weeks Dyer has been waking up really early to eat but the two nights (Sunday and Monday) that he finally ate his carrots and oatmeal he has slept all through the night. It was great. Last night he didn't eat very well because he was so tired. He got up a little after 5 and then puked all over my sheets so once I got him back to sleep I went down stairs and slept on the couch.

Dyer is such a happy little guy and is often caught just smiling away at who ever he can see even if they aren't looking and smiling at him.

He is talking and laughing more and more each day. He especially loves his siblings. Almost anything they do he finds funny. They can just walk past him or just look at him and he will generally start laughing. I just love baby laughs and smiles. They are the best!

Dyer loves to stick everything in his mouth especially those little toes of his.