Check-ups, teeth and social activity

Jessica had her check-up at Oxford on Friday and is doing very well.  The echocardiogram and ECG both show that her heart function is good and the team at Oxford have said that she looks as well as they have ever seen her which is great, and she doesn’t need another check-up until the end of August/beginning of September.   Whilst at Oxford, we also saw Dr Wilson, who performed the in-utero balloon atrial septostomy.  The last time we saw him was when the procedure was carried out and it really made our day to see him again to say thank you and for him to meet Jessica.  He seemed quite pleased that Jessica was doing so well – “a good outcome” were his exact words!  

The trip to Oxford ended up being quite a sociable one as we bumped into several people we knew – Nichola and baby Jack who we met last time Jessica was on Ocean Ward; Rachel, a friend from church whose son Jonah was having an operation; and Tori, one of the doctors at John Radcliffe.  As always, Jessica continues to be quite a sociable baby – over the last couple of weeks she has been to a baby shower for Tracy, one of Louise’s midwife friends, and out for a curry with some of our other friends, as well as her regular baby groups.

Developmentally, Jessica is coming on in leaps and bounds.  She is now sitting quite well without support for short periods and is quite adept at rolling about and making her way across the floor.  She hasn’t yet worked out how to crawl but has started trying to pull herself forward when on her front.  Her first tooth also came through last week followed by the second one a few days later.  The two top front teeth also feel like they aren’t that far away from making an appearance as well.

Weight gain continues to be steady with Jessica now weighing in at 6990g (15lb 6oz) and measuring 68.4cm in length, putting her just above the 2nd centile for weight and on the 9th centile for height.  She loves her food and sometimes we wonder where she manages to put it all – she must have hollow legs!