Update on Baby David


Remember Baby David?? Well, he is just over 6 months old now and growing wonderfully. He struggled early on with gaining weight, but after a hospitalization, a round of antibiotics, treatment for malaria and formula supplementation from the Missionary Family that I live with, he is doing great! He now weighs over 16 lbs, he smiling, interacting with his environment is such a joyful little guy! With all of his early stuggles, we have noticed some physical delays. He is not pushing up to lift his head as well as we'd like to see a 6 month old baby do and is not controlling his head and trunk as well as we'd like to see in sitting either. So, we had a little education session the other day. I gave the mom a few toys and we showed her how to play with David on his belly. It was sure alot of work for him!!!! Then, I gave her a Bumbo chair to use for a month or so to encourage him to use his hands and look around and interact with his environment a bit. He seemed to really enjoy the Bumbo chair and from the report from the mom earlier this week, he is very happy when he plays in the Bumbo chair. Hopefully, we'll see some developmental milestones reached over the next couple of months with this little man!


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Unknown said…
I love staying in touch with your kids, your vision and passion! Keep it up CK..

Armin
January 7, 2008 at 10:14 PM
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