(The big one above shows off his teeth. Sharp little buggers.)

My word the last couple of months have just flown by. I sort of felt like I should just move into the peds office. But really life is SO good. Even with chronic BV. Seriously it could be SO much worse. And we know this. And we are VERY grateful that it’s not worse. Mister Man is AMAZING. He is a completely different child the last 3 weeks.

Guess he wasn’t so much a content baby as he was an anemic baby with NO calories to spare. Just what happens when EVERYTHING runs right through you. Don’t get me wrong he is a happy content little guy, but wowza he’s got energy now. Iron supplements + partially digested food = lots of calories to burn. Bug is crawling FAST, pulling up and walking along furniture, and he stood all by himself in the tub last night! AWESOME! His little personality is really starting to shine.

He is still constantly starving. He drinks (by drink I mean sucks down in less than 5 min.) 8 oz. every 4 hours + he is doing a few solid feedings a day. And he gets Regan friendly (took a while to find) snacks.

The new formula has cut his BV episodes in half! He is only having about 4 explosions of BV a day now. Which means that on occasion we change a diaper because it’s full of pee! (Still getting used to that.) It also means his diaper rash is not quite as bad. Meaning there are more days that his bum is not bleeding than is bleeding. YEA!

In the last 10 months we have gone through more tubs/tubes of shtuff for his tushie than I can even imagine. We easily blow through a 4 oz tube in 2-3 days. We cake it on THICK and change up what we use on him. I swear his skin gets used to the stuff and stops working, so we alternate what we use. And we have used everything (and then some) that has been suggested by Dr’s/Fam/Friends. His bum and my hair dryer are on intimate terms.

He has the funniest little grunt/yell/growl thing he does that makes me laugh. It just SOUNDS Manley. He sticks his tongue out in serious concentration (like his Daddy) when he crawls SUPA fast. He loves to clap, “read” books and laugh. He is one super happy loving little boy. And in 2 months he will be ONE! Eeekkk!