Love, love, love the pictures!

 

That is a beautiful thing.  I tell me kids all the time that Wyatt will always need them. If they can't count on each other, who can they count on.  Have an amazing week.  Take care. 

I am so happy to hear that your baby is healthy, what an amazing blessing.  Enjoy your beautiful boys. 

thanks!

Dr. Brenda Wong's team at Cincinnati Children's is the best clinic around that I know about. This will be our second trip in November.

Sure thing Amy. Welcome to PPMD.

His vitamin D is because his is very low. I do know from reading on this site that other kids take Vitamin D too. When you start to go to an MD doctor, they should (Dr. Wong's team will) check his vitamin d level. Then they will advise you on how much he needs. Amy, it totally sounds like you are on the right track. Good Luck, let me know how Noah is doing.
Melisa

Hi Amy,
Wyatt will be 19 months in just a few days, so you're right they are very close in age. Wyatt still doesn't walk independently so we do a few things. We live in Washington State. We take him to a physical therapist about 30 minutes for home once a week. We also do the stretches I found on this site. Wyatt's muscle tone is still excellent so the stretches aren't really necessary right now, we do them just so he gets in the habit. He takes a very large amount of vitamin D, 2000 IU, (it's called drop of sunshine liquid and I get it at super supplements) which was the amount his doctor told us to give. His nutritionist also advised us to give him a liquid multi-vitamin (which I get it a drug store it's made by enfamil, I think, I get it in the baby section, next to formula.). In addition, Wyatt is very little for his age, so in order to give him more calories, I mix French Vanilla Carnation instant breakfast (2 table spoons) w/ 5 oz of whole milk. It not only has protein, but calories too. I think it's working, he's finally gaining weight. He weighs just over 21 pounds. Everything I've seen on this site and from talking to moms, around age 2 I will start on some other supplements. I'm still looking into those, I would be happy to share any information that I find.

Wyatt was diagnosed at Seattle Children's, we took him to 1 appt. in the rehab clinic and they told us there wasn't much that could be done. That was completely the opposite of what I'd read on this site. Very early on, totally by chance, Pat Furlong had come across Wyatt's story, we met her in April 2009 (she was in Seattle at a convention). We discussed Wyatt for quite awhile about his care, it was such a turning point. She asked us if we were ready to roll up our sleeves and get dirty.

I had met some Moms in the Washington group and they told me they take their kids to Cincinnati Children's. So I looked into it, and that's where we went. (Pat actually emailed them for us and they called me) We went in May and they were incredible. Usually, a family only goes once a year, but because Wyatt's weight problem was never solved we are going back in December for more tests. Once all the testing is done, then we will just go for check ups once a year, until something changes with him and then we will go more often. I hope I didn't give you too information, let me know if I can do anything else. So many people on this site have been kind and so helpful to me, if I can do that, then I'm honored. Take care.

:) Melissa .

Hi Amy, it's nice to meet you. I hope that we can get to know each other though this site. Take care and have an amazing week.
:) Melissa