Today was quite the day for Benjamin. It started off with his ortho appointment in which they removed his highly decorated casts. Benjamin responded again with panic to discover his legs much lighter...we almost cried at his frightened wails. For the third visit now with the ortho, we have been promised that his casts would be removed for good. Although his feet look normal now, the doctor again wanted to replace the casts to overcorrect his feet so they will not return to their previous state. We were very disappointed at this news, so the doctor offered us the option (which we accepted) of returning in a few days to replace the casts. This will allow his skin to heal and enabled us to get an accurate weight at the pediatrician today. His little legs were pretty stinky under those casts, so we were grateful to have the chance to really get him clean. So, for the first time, Benjamin got a full bath! He got to get completely wet...we must say he didn't enjoy it as much as we had hoped :)
To add to Ben's "terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day," he then got to go to the pediatrician for his first set of shots. Poor guy! We expected him to be very fussy today, and he has met our expectations. We are giving him extra-lovin' to make up for his bad day. We were pleased to get his first accurate weight, he is now 11# and growing well (24.5 inches tall!).
Grandma and Grandpa Smith returned home via Amtrak this evening, we had a great weekend with them.
Benjamin is sleeping soundly as I write, he is glad that tomorrow is a new day...
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