Update on Kian

Those are Kian's preemie clothes we have hanging on the wall in his room. When he first wore them he was swimming in them. Every once in a while we hold him up there to see how much he's grown. A bit, I'd say.

Everyone always wants to know how Kian is doing, and we always say he is doing great, which he is. Here's a little more detail on that. Kian just turned 13 months, or 10 months adjusted. As far as milestones, he pretty much stuck at about 6 months until he learns to sit up on his own. Aside from that his biggest hang-up right now is putting weight through his right shoulder. He just doesn't do it. So he can't learned to crawl/creep until that happens. So we are working on lots of exercises to help him push on the floor with his arm straight so that he has to bear weight on his shoulder. He weighs about 16 lbs, give or take. At our most recent neonatal follow-up appointment we were told by the psychologist that he is right-on his adjusted age for intelligence and language (hooray) and the occupational therapist said he thinks that with the physical therapy and time, Kian will show no more handicap than being very left handed. Everyone agrees that he is much better in reality that he appears on paper, meaning they expect to see worse when they read his history. So of course we are very pleased, and grateful for all your prayers, which we are realizing now how they have been answered.