Pierce Alexander Job
Height - 24.5 inches
Head circumference - 45.5 inches
Weight- 12# 1.5 oz
Knox Collier Job
Height- 24.25 inches
Head circumference - 42.5 inches
Weight- 11# 13.5 oz
Unbelievable huh? Such a far cry from the 4 pounds we brought them home at. I'm so proud of how far they've come and that they are meeting their milestones despite being born 5 weeks early. They are little rock stars!!!!!
We talked about table food with Dr. Agrawal and she was on board with what we've been doing. We then had her look at their heads to see if she had seen any improvements, especially with P. (She was never worried about K). She was super impressed with how good he looked and said that neither of them needed helmets!!! This made our day!!!
The boys are little troopers. Unfortunately they also had to get shots today. Usually they bring two people in to do it at once but today it was just one MA. Knox was first and the poor thing cried and cried. Pierce was next and he cried but literally for only 30 seconds. They both did fantastic and I am so proud of them.
Next we had another appointment at Star Cranial for Pierce's head. He had improvement again but they pretty much told us that it's up to us if we want him in a helmet or not. His head is not flat but he does have what they call "towering". Basically he has a long head. But he's growing into it and it's not getting longer. So that is the good part.
The machine we had to put P in to scan his head.
After a lot of discussion and a lot of research and A LOT of prayer, we have decided against a helmet. There is no scientific research that proves that a helmet helps shape the head and there is not any research about what it does to brain development. The way that it was presented to us felt like a sales pitch and it seemed like they were out to get our money over truly caring about our child. Nick and I feel confident in our decision
and Pierce will be and look just like God created him - one handsome little man!
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