Peter has turned four years old! Peter's birthday is All Saints' Day. It was an exciting birthday for all of us, as this is the first year that he really seemed to understand and care that it was his birthday. He even had gift requests - books, puzzles, and chapstick (he is a mouth breather and his lips get very dry if we don't keep up with ointment and chapstick). He decided upon pumpkin pie as his "cake," since he has to have pureed foods still. Better than the pumpkin pie was the whipped cream, though. He has asked for whipped cream again.
Photos of birthday and Halloween to follow soon.
On the medical front, Peter has made good strides (great strides for Peter) with his feeding increase sice we were in Boston nearly two months ago. He has gone from two ounces of baby food daily to five ounces of baby food daily. Vital Jr. has increased from 650 mL per day to 850 mL per day. He is taking a little over half of the Vital Jr. formula overnight via pump, and the rest is by mouth. All of the baby food is by mouth. He is even eating Gerber Puffs and Gerber Li'l Crunchies now. He ate a whole can of Gerber Li'l Crunchies this week in only about 5 days. They look like cheese puffs, and he ate about 85 of them over 5 days!
The new tooth is beginning to emerge. The top is........ BROWN! We are disappointed, needless to say. We are praying that the rest of his teeth will look better. The dentist told us two years ago that the only way to "fix" the color of teeth stained by bilirubin is to veneer them. Bleach will not fix the color. Hopefully they will be strong... more important than color in the long run.
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