Nathan, who I forgot to mention weighed in at 11 lb, 13 oz at his doctor’s visit last Thursday, is demonstrating his increased size by needing to eat more and more, and out of bigger bottles. We’ve started to give him 6 oz at a time at feedings, and while he doesn’t always want that much, he's starting to much more often. He’s also already grown out of some of his clothes. Soon we’ll have to put two full drawers of baby clothes away, and he’ll need his ‘3–6 month’ about a month early. This kid sure does grow fast.
We tried to get his special shoes and braces over the weekend, but the store wasn’t able to quite get them to fit. Quick lesson in braces for cast feet: the braces are essentially just shoes (very, very small shoes) that support the ankle and are attached on the bottom to a metal bar. You can, with the metal bar, set the angle for the shoes. The foot being corrected for club foot sits at a 70° angle, rotated to the outside, while the uncorrected foot sits at a much smaller angle.
Only, of course, Nathan has club feet, not club foot, so both shoes need to be at a 70° angle, which makes the fit between the shoes very tight. And by tight, I mean less than zero room. I suggested a bigger bar between the shoes, but evidently the next size up is much bigger. After trying for a while, the clerk suggested coming back later after his casts are off, when they can measure his feet better to make sure they’ve got the right size, and having the owner (who wasn’t in that day) do the setting, since he’s much more practiced at it.
All of this means, though, that we won’t have the shoes at the doctor’s visit on Wednesday. And since the doctor is, understandably, quite keen to check the braces before we put it on Nathan, we’ll have to go back again next week.
Sunday I went to church with Nathan while Meredith went to her job at the church in Half Moon Bay. Nathan demonstrated to me just how much harder it can be to get out of the house with only one parent when I got out of the shower at 9:30 to find that he had spit up all over himself and so needed a new outfit. When I noticed that his diaper was awfully wet and needed to be changed too. All that activity reminded him that he was hungry; time to be fed. And hey, after all that feeding, why not really dirty a diaper? At 10:20, we finally made it out the door, making it to church about ten minutes late, where he promptly fell asleep on my chest and didn’t wake up until after church ended.
Isobel Anderson’s memorial service was after church yesterday, so all kinds of people had come to church, including Bob & Carol Olmstead who got to meet Nathan for the first time. :)
Posted by Mike at February 7, 2005 08:05 AMMike and Meredith are pleased to announce their latest clothing line - Nathanderoos™.
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We have two full drawers of Nathandoriginals that we are putting up for auction. Each piece comes with a Certificate of Authenticity personally signed by Nathan's mom & dad, Mike and Meredith. So bid early and bid often!
(Winning bidders will also be able to purchase a picture of Nathan wearing their winning outfit. The cost of the picture is only 50% of their winning clothing bid)
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