Josiah had his 6-month pediatric appointment. He is now 13 lbs and 14 oz (still 3rd percentile) and 25.5 in tall (10-25 percentile). Josiah has been doing great lately. The doc said that he seems to be weaning himself off of the zantac since he's growing in weight, but the same dosage is still working for him. She slightly increased his dosage though so that when we start solids, his reflux should still be under control. Hopefully, he won't need the zantac anymore in a few months, but we'll see.
One big point of discussion I wanted to have with the doc was about how flat Josiah's head was. Since the physical therapist had left us info on the helmets, which would help correct Josiah's plagiocephaly (head flatness), I wanted to pursue the doc's thoughts on this further to make sure we were making the right decision and not choosing to let his head naturally round out for convenience-sake or wishful thinking... especially since we can notice that his head is in shape of parallelogram (instead of an oval), the right side of forehead protrudes a little, and his ears are not even. The doc still seemed to think that his head would round out on its own, but said it wouldn't hurt to get a second opinion from the helmet people if we were still concerned about it, especially since his case is moderate to severe. She did warn us, however, to keep in mind that they are selling a product and to take what they said with a grain of salt.
Bill and I do sense the need to pursue the helmet issue for more clarity. So I think we are going to do some of our own research and get some second opinions to see if we can definitively decide whether a helmet would be beneficial for Josiah or not. Everything about this is so new to us at this point, so we would so appreciate your prayers for wisdom as we look into all this. =)
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