Brayden….is… ONE!

I know that Brayden is just shy of being thirteen months, but it took me a couple weeks to get his 1 year wellness visit scheduled, and then after some unexpected news, another week to post about it. It’s still hard to believe he’s 1. My little pudgy, cutesy, baby boy is turning into my handsome little man. 

Here’s Brayden’s stats:

Weight: 22.6lbs

Height 28 3/4 in.

Developmentally Brayden is doing great. He is walking like a pro now and has even started chasing Katelyn around. He can say “Mama, dada, and baba” so he’s on target with his language development. Here are some other things he’s doing:

– Can stack and pull apart his legos

– Push his vacuum cleaner around the house

– slide down the slide all by himself

– can climb up stairs

– drinking WHOLE milk

– Almost weaned from a bottle

– Almost sleeping through the night. He only wakes up once between 5-6am for a bottle

– Using a fork and a spoon to eat

– Loves to dance

– Loves his Choo Choo Trains

Now to the unexpected news we received at his appointment. Brayden has his a concerning growth plateau. He was in the 90th percentile at his 6 mo. appointment and has not grown more than 3/4 of an inch since then therefore putting him in the 20th percentile. This caused the doctor some concern and they had us take Brayden in for some blood tests {6 viles of blood drawn} to test for everything under the sun and then he had to have an x-ray done of his left wrist and hand. The x-ray is meant to show the bone age growth. The tests came back yesterday and after speaking with the doctor, Brayden and I returned for a follow up visit today. While the results showed that Brayden’s growth is on track for a 1 year old because he’s been above the 50th percentile up until recently they want Brayden to see an Endocrinologist to make sure that his plateau is not due to a more serious issue. It takes time to see this specialist so in the meantime we will continue to monitor his growth, or lack there of I guess.

The other thing the tests showed was that Brayden’s carbon dioxide levels are low. Normally they should be between 20-30 and Brayden’s is a 14!! His pediatrician said that a child with the flu that is severely dehydrated usually is around a 17 so 14 is not so great. They want to run the blood panel again in the coming weeks to see if it’s improved. Brayden will also need to see a Metabolic Specialist to make sure that everything is ok.

Brayden has also been suffering from a nasty cough ever since he got sick almost 2 months ago. The pediatrician wants to do some allergy tests as well as a Whooping cough {she heard him cough and says she’s confident it’s not, but need to rule it out} swab.

Yikes! Well we have a lot going on with our little man. As a mom it’s hard not to be worried, but I know that the Lord knows what’s going on and I’m looking forward to getting some answers in the coming weeks. Please keep Brayden in your prayers. We’ve heard a lot of information in the last week and hope to have some answers soon.