A Coo or Two

Noah has been cooing for about a month now, unfortunately it has been really hard to get a good video of it.

Noah Coos

Grasping

We had our visit with the pediatric dermatologist today. She recommended that we just monitor the hemangioma for now to make sure it does not grow any further toward Noah's eye. Once we are past the growth stage it should start to disappear on its own. Let's hope it stops growing soon.

We've been practicing giving Noah various objects to grasp. He has yet to grab for anything on his own yet and seems completely disinterested so far in what we've given him (he's still all about that little hanging lion).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMeTxxIDvpw

Mr. Lumpy

I took Noah back to the pediatrician today.  He had started to grow a small bluish lump near his left eyebrow and I wanted to have it checked out.  It turns out that Noah has a deep hemangioma on his forehead.  It's a benign mass that is present at birth, but it does not visually appear until 3-4 months later.  The pedy wants us to have it looked at by a pediatric dermatologist since it seems to be growing fairly quickly and is quite close to his left eye.  It is possible that it will need to be removed so that it does not interfere with his vision.  It isn't painful and if medical intervention is deemed unnecessary, then it should fade on its own in a couple years.

In other lumpy news, Noah weighs almost 12 pounds now - a gain of half a pound in a week - which I think went straight into his newly round little tummy.

Here are some recent pictures of the smiley little guy.  You may be able to spot the hemangioma near his left eye in a couple of these pictures.