Zach has made some good progress this week! One of the biggest achievements for him has been learning to breath through his mouth! I know, that sounds crazy but typically babies don't learn to do that until much later! But because of his surgery to his lip, his nose area has been swollen shut and breathing through his mouth is the only way he can breath! It has been very stressful to watch him...many times the first couple of days, I would have to pull down on his bottom lip to break the suction he would accidentally create with his lips! A look of panic would cross his face and it was the most stressful thing ever!!! The plastic surgeon had told us to use lots of Vaseline on his lips to keep them moving and keep them from sticking together.
But, we're happy to report that we no longer have to watch him like a hawk, he has mostly mastered it and is doing very well!
The weather cooled off a little this week and it's been so nice to wear long sleeves!! I know, that sounds so weird but I get tired of wearing the same clothes, now I just doubled my wardrobe!!
Samantha and Colt came home for the weekend with sweet baby, Calvin and even Sabrina came home with them! Two weekends in a row seeing her!!
We took lots of pictures and I will post them next time! Probably most of you have seen them on my Facebook page, but there will be a few of you that haven't seen them yet. But for now, here's a cute pic of baby Zachary!!!
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Oh wow, they did a fantastic job! He has the sweetest little lips!
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