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Angela,
I am so glad to hear that Ben is doing well. And sorry to hear that there seems to be an issue finding a pedi. Julia (my 27 weeker) had issues with her legs moving on their own (clonus), and she liked to bop her head around a lot. When I talked to our Pedi about the head movements, he said it was experimenting with movement and it was normal.
If you tell me where you are in VA, I might be able to help you with a Pedi. I am part of a message board (www.miraclebabies.org) that has a few people from VA, and maybe they could help with getting you a good pedi that knows how to deal with our wonderful impatient children (My way of saying Preemie).
As far as the night terrors, welcome to the world of kids that nobody ever told you about. Julia gets them every now and then, even at 3! They are the strangest thing. I found that during these "events" if I just go into her room and lay my hand on her shoulder, she calms right down. I do remember how scared I was the first time it happened though. I could have sworn she was having a seizure because her eyes were closed. First time mom jitters, we always think the worst!
Hope to see you in June... but I will most likely miss the walk because I will be delivering my twinkies (I hope not any sooner).
Good luck in your new home. And as soon as I hear back from you about where you want you pedi located, I will try to send you some names and numbers.
Lisa
----- Original Message -----From: AngelaSent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 9:27 PMSubject: [Parents_As_Partners] Head and Arm MovementsHi everyone!
Hope everyone is doing well. We have moved to VA and have not found
a pediatrician yet (all the ones that have been referred to us by
local people have a waiting list of about 5 months). I was wondering
if anyone had any input about the following situation with our son
Ben. Ben is almost 9 months old (6 months corrected). He was born
at 25 weeks gestation and was just over 2lbs. He spent 64 days at
St. E's.
Ben is doing really well and seems to like the nice weather here in
VA. We have one concern though. He has recently started to shake is
head from side-to-side, especially when he is tired but not
exclusively when he is tired. He also rapidly moves is left arm up
and slams it down a bunch of times. It is always his left arm
although he reaches and grabs objects with both hands. His eyes are
open when he does this head movement. It is almost like he is
shaking his head "no" really fast. If we happen to be holding him
when he does this, he bangs his head hard against our head. It
seems to be getting more frequent every day. At the same time he
has also developed the habit of chewing his tongue or cheek (we
haven't figured out what he is chewing yet). Nate and I have read
all kinds of websites and googled a ton but there is conflicting
information as usual. It sounds like it may be normal infant
development but we wanted to see if anyone else that has experience
with preemies has experienced anything like this. It has us a
little freaked out! Ben doesn't seem bothered by it though. He is
eating fine and sleeping pretty good (no less than usual) although
he did wake up in the middle of the night the other night and
started screaming really loud, when I went to pick him up and
comfort him he seemed like he was still sleeping. I have read that
it could have been a night terror.
Thank god we haven't experience another one of those yet.
Well, sorry this is so long. We appreciate any feedback! Hope
everyone is doing well in Boston and we will see you in Sept (and
maybe at the walk in June).
Thank you,
Angela
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