Happy New Year!!!!

Hi everyone.....Happy New Year!

I told myself that this year I needed to work on mommy and that is exactly what I plan to do! And this is going to be just one of the many steps to take......to release my excitements and frustrations and hopefully learn from all of you who have been down the road I am traveling. I hope that I meet many more micropreemie parents this year and learn everything I can from people who have surely got some advice to give:)

Update on Brice...
He is now 16 months old:) He has really taken off developmentally in the past two months, finally! He can now sit unassisted. He is even getting ready to crawl....and he is sooo close it's frustrating because I know he can do it but I want him to learn for himself. He is exploring everything and is sooo eager to learn. He's sooo smart and he amazes me everyday! However, we are still facing some challenges. This is where I need your help! Brice used to sleep in his own crib and through the night, that is now a thing of the past! He also now has glasses due to a lazy eye and the affects of his ROP. I cannot keep them on him.....unless I hog tie him and hold him 24/7. Any suggestions as to how to keep them on would be greatly appreciated. We have tried the band around the back of the head, gloves on his hands, telling him NO, etc. Nothing has proven successful!:( We are patching his good eye because of the lazy eye and he seems to do much much better with that. He does occasionally try and rub that eye or pull at the patch but he can be entertained with toys to where he doesn't even bother it! We still have no PT/OT at this time for Brice .....hoping to get that issue resolved in the next couple weeks. I think he would benefit greatly and would have done so even greater like 8 months ago. UGHHHH! But better late than never right?

If anyone would like to leave a comment to my issues, I would greatly appreciate any advice! We have some amazing doctors but doctors dont always know everything, in my book at least!

Tonight we are attempting to get Brice back on a schedule......or practicing "tough love", I am not sure. I plan on putting him in his bed to "cry it out" because I know no other ways to teach him that I am not getting him out of his bed! So hopefully by my next post I will have at least one of these issues resolved.

Again, Happy 2011 and may all of your micropreemie's stay healthy and thriving:)

Alicia