Ian thought I was just going to take a picture, but luckily I had the video camera running instead. He is very sweet to his little brother.
August 27, 2010
Brothers
Ian thought I was just going to take a picture, but luckily I had the video camera running instead. He is very sweet to his little brother.
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Owen was born "tongue tied".
"Another cord between the base of the tongue and the floor of the mouth or the lower gum is called the lingual frenulum. If you lift your tongue up and look in a mirror, you probably can see the strand of tissue connecting the bottom of your tongue to the floor of your mouth -- what is left of your lingual frenulum."
"In some kids, the lingual frenulum is short and taut after birth, partially restricting movement of the tongue. This condition is called ankyloglossitis (don't doctors have great names for things?) -- more commonly known as tongue-tie."
We went to the E.N.T. today to have him take a look at it. The little skin under his tongue came to the very end of his tongue and limited movement, but fortunately has not interfered with Owen eating. Doc. said it was simple to fix, so he sprayed a little numbing spray under Owen's tongue and then got out the scissors. It appeared that the hardest part for Owen was being pinned downed so Doc could get his fingers under the tongue, stabilize it and then cut the frenulum. It bled a little but it appears that he is as good as new.
"Another cord between the base of the tongue and the floor of the mouth or the lower gum is called the lingual frenulum. If you lift your tongue up and look in a mirror, you probably can see the strand of tissue connecting the bottom of your tongue to the floor of your mouth -- what is left of your lingual frenulum."
"In some kids, the lingual frenulum is short and taut after birth, partially restricting movement of the tongue. This condition is called ankyloglossitis (don't doctors have great names for things?) -- more commonly known as tongue-tie."
We went to the E.N.T. today to have him take a look at it. The little skin under his tongue came to the very end of his tongue and limited movement, but fortunately has not interfered with Owen eating. Doc. said it was simple to fix, so he sprayed a little numbing spray under Owen's tongue and then got out the scissors. It appeared that the hardest part for Owen was being pinned downed so Doc could get his fingers under the tongue, stabilize it and then cut the frenulum. It bled a little but it appears that he is as good as new.
August 16, 2010
Family Update 8/16/2010
Ian is the best big brother. He loves his brother and is so sweet with him. Ian enjoys Owen's little squeaks and little noises.
Owen has jaundice and we made 4 trips to the doctor last week to get his bilirubin levels checked. By Friday evening his levels were to high and we had to put him on bili lights to help lower his levels. He was on the lights for almost 24 hours and we were instructed to feed him every hour. My mom came up the first night and stayed up the entire night to feed Owen every hour. She was amazing and it helped tremendously. Saturday night we were instructed to take him off the lights (because his levels dropped and they wanted to see how he would do on his own). Unfortunately, we had to continue feeding him every hour until our next visit on Sunday morning. By Sunday afternoon the doctor said his levels were continuing to drop and that he no longer had to use the lights and that we could put him back on a regular eating schedule. Now we are lucky to only have to feed him every 3 hours.
Today I gave Owen his first bath since birth. He liked the warm water and was surprisingly calm.
Owen has jaundice and we made 4 trips to the doctor last week to get his bilirubin levels checked. By Friday evening his levels were to high and we had to put him on bili lights to help lower his levels. He was on the lights for almost 24 hours and we were instructed to feed him every hour. My mom came up the first night and stayed up the entire night to feed Owen every hour. She was amazing and it helped tremendously. Saturday night we were instructed to take him off the lights (because his levels dropped and they wanted to see how he would do on his own). Unfortunately, we had to continue feeding him every hour until our next visit on Sunday morning. By Sunday afternoon the doctor said his levels were continuing to drop and that he no longer had to use the lights and that we could put him back on a regular eating schedule. Now we are lucky to only have to feed him every 3 hours.
Today I gave Owen his first bath since birth. He liked the warm water and was surprisingly calm.
August 12, 2010
August 10, 2010
Welcome to our family Owen "Hercules" Bradford
August 1, 2010
testing, testing, 123
So I thought it might be a nice idea to update our blog so that when the baby arrives next week, we can post photos and updates. I'm not good in the blogging world - it is quite foreign to me. So here I go...I will try to keep you all updated on our cute little family. I opened up the blog I created and discovered that I haven't posted anything for 2 years. I couldn't help but laugh. Hope you enjoy whatever I actually get posted.
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