Week 4...The NAM is Too Big Now.

So, as we progress through with the NAM treatment, we've come to a startling realization: the NAM is now too big for her mouth. Since the goal is to move her upper jaw into it's proper alignment it is logical that as it is moved the apparatus moving it would cease to fit in a smaller mouth. We get a new one today (incidentally this is the middle of week 5, but I've been too busy to update:), and she will start week six with a new NAM and a few more millimeters of movement. Soon we'll add the nasal mold to help shape her nostril.

As of last Tuesday (three days ago) she was at 5.5 millimeters. She is doing so well, even Dr. Harris was surprised. We are moving along right on schedule and should have surgery scheduled for the end of January or beginning of February - that is if all things continue to go smoothly. As the time goes by, however, I get more and more nervous. Until I had my c-section I had never been in surgery and thought that was the scariest thing ever. Now as Kaylee is moving along towards her first of many surgeries, I realize now that this is the scariest thing ever. No parent wants to have their children go through that.

Anyway, Kaylee is now 10 weeks old. She is developing wonderfully. We are getting hourly smiles - big toothless grins that just warm the heart. She is discovering her voice and will talk your ear off about something only she understands. Her hands have become an object of fascination for her, and she is figuring out that the pink hippo squeeks, so she laughs when it does. My daughter is becoming a little person, and so far she seems very, very content. I'm dreading her growing up, but that is what they do, they grow up.

Here are the pictures for this week. Enjoy them. Love - US.

Week 4 - 5 and 1/2 millimeters.

A smile at mom. I couldn't help it she is too adorable.