Lily's Pediatric Ophthalmologist Visit

At Lily's four month check up, we talked to our doctor about her eyes still crossing kind of often.  Because I was worried, our pediatrician referred us to a pediatric ophthalmologist to check her out.  We finally got in yesterday and got her diagnosis.

Well, since both eyes cross, he first said surgery.  Generally they recommend waiting until the kid is about a year old and then they will fix it.  He ruled out a patch, because both eyes are crossing so its not a "lazy" eye issue.  He also ruled out glasses because glasses generally help correct the cross eyes because of vision problems.  Lily is too young (5 1/2 months) to have a vision problem, that usually turns up at about 2 years old.  He said he would check her vision first just to make sure. 

Our doctor is really funny too.  I told him I didn't know how he did it, checking people's eyes who cannot speak and let you know what's wrong.  He said people compare him to a vet.  I thought that was pretty accurate. I also told him we were hoping that if Lily WAS blind, that her other senses would be heightened, and he said, "Like Ben Affleck in Daredevil?" I knew I liked him.  Google Daredevil if need to.

So after her eyes were dilated, he started his exam.  Lily was really pretty good, considering she had been up way to long and was used to napping at this time.  Then the doc asked if she was advanced in her milestones.  Jay and I looked at each other.  We always discuss how Lily is like a week behind her "milestones." So I told him that, and our pedi isn't concerned but has never called Lily advanced.  Average, I'd say, maybe a little late. So this doc said she may be advanced in one respect.

Turns out she can see and does have a vision problem.  She actually has the same far-sightedness that Jason has!  He said he has never seen this in a case so young.  According to him, the literature says this can happen as early as 6 months, but this is the earliest case he has ever seen.  (He ain't a young man either.) So, I guess she is advanced in this way!  He asked if we would be open to trying glasses and we agreed.  The cool thing was the doctor put the corrective lenses up to her eyes and they straightened out and she seemed surprised to see. I asked if this would affect her future vision and he said its hard to tell.  But Jay got glasses in first grade and I did in high school so she probably will anyway.

So baby glasses it is.  A beginning start on Nerdom maybe?  But the glasses are adorable.  We saw 2 pairs. One pair is soft flexible plastic that has the strap that goes around her head.  We decided not to get that type or else she will look like she is wearing basketball goggles all the time.  We went to a place with more selection and are looking at getting a traditional pair that hook to her ears. 

We put some on to try and of course she looks so cute.  We are waiting on getting some glasses to get her fitted, but there will be plenty of pictures.  She will be so cute!!

Happy New Year!

Lily's first New Year and outfit!  Check out the shoes!

Happy 2011 everyone!

Presents

Lily had a great Christmas with lots of fun and thoughtful gifts.Some Christmas photos:

From Justin and Kendal.

Obviously, Jason's favorite. Lily got a little tired so we just opened up her gifts and she napped. Here are some pics with her and her new things!

Her little push wagon.  She can use this as a walker in the next few months.

Lily and Violet, or what I can Teddy Ruxbin 3000.  This is from Leapfrog and is programmable.  It says her name, knows her favorite colors, animals, etc. and sings her songs and talks to her.  Pretty amazing stuff!  She thinks it tastes good now and that's about it.  But I know she'll learn a lot from it as she figures things out.

 More stuffed animals.  Her first teddy bear!!

Next, what we woke up to Sunday morning.

 

And finally, Nana got run over by a reindeer!!

 Happy Holidays!

Moving around...

Lately, one of our favorite pastimes is to see how much Lily moves around at night.  She is going down to sleep really well.  She may not fall asleep right away, but she will talk and giggle to herself and finally fall fast asleep.  Usually we put her down in her crib so her head is towards the window and her feet are towards the closet. 

She is moving a lot now.  This is how I found her.

Her head is next to the closet.  The girl is doing a 180, and then backing her head into the corner.

Apparently the paci is making the trip as well.  But she sure is cute when she wakes up!

Christmas pics coming soon!

Christmas Dress

We got some ADORABLE clothes for Lily from cousin Sheena and Auntie Sandy.  Lily wore this dress to church, complete with shoes.  Usually kids don't need shoes, but in this case, about 4 extra inches of tights were stuffed into the bottom of the shoes.  Hey, we make it work.

Jason is growing in his winter facial hair.  I have mixed feelings.

And our Christmas card pictures.  Jason did a fantastic job on these.  We did it in about 30 minutes because we procrastinate, the coupon expired that day, and Lily was getting into her grumpy mood.  But Jason got some great shots.

She sure moves a lot, as you can tell by her ghost foot and blurry face.  My favorite one is this one, and Jason's edit after.

That cute little tongue! It looks like she is trying hard.  I don't think she pooped though, so she must just be thinking.  I love Christmas!!

She has changed

Lily is going to be 20 weeks tomorrow.  I can't believe how fast the time has flown by.  These are the days of our lives.  Its amazing how much she has changed.  Here she is when we were leaving the hospital. 

She was SO tiny! I remember the drive home and Jason and I wondering what we got ourselves into.  We still don't know. 

Here she is in her car seat today:

 She looks huge!

She rolled over yesterday from her stomach to her back.  I don't think it was on purpose, but she did it.  I had her doing her tummy time in the crib while I picked out her clothes.  When I turned back to get her, she was halfway over.  Then she landed on her back and started playing with her hands like an old pro.  This is happening way too fast!  As soon as she's mobile we aren't going to be able to just leave her places.  She may not be there when we get back!  I'm going to have to look into low-jacking my baby.

Cooking day

This quick post isn't about Lily but it is about some freakish food in my kitchen.  I am trying to watch my carbs so I made some hard boiled eggs.  I put some vinegar in the water.  Supposedly it helps keep the egg white together if an egg cracks.  This is the egg I got.

And to add it that, this is the largest butternut squash I've ever seen.  I almost weighs more than Lily!

That is a 4 cup measuring cup next to it and it is that close to the bottom of my cupboards.  That sucker weighed over 9 lbs!  Crazy.  I'll be freezing some squash for sure.