The Journey of James Weston

Sunday, September 4th, 2022 Mom and James read lots of books and worked on scooting onto hands and knees. Once Dad got home from being out at sea, James was invited to join the the boys for sushi. We quickly gave him a bath 🧼 and did his trach care because we knew it would be a late night and his schedule would be off. James gave us all sorts of faces during his bath. 🫧 🛁 We brought his chair to the restaurant that connects to the end of the table. When Mom picked him up out of the car seat to transfer him to the chair he started crying. Just like at Friday's helmet appointment (well not totally, this was short lived) and we did not understand where this was coming from. Mom tried to console him and eventually he trusted us that he we weren't going to do any scans at the restaurant.  All James wanted was for his favorite waitress to say hello, but she was very busy. When we were leaving she gave James some attention and he immediately lit up.  Dad creeping with his camera f...

Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 Today was the start of Uncle Patrick's bachelor weekend for Dad. In the evening he stopped home between festivities to change and play James a song on the guitar. Mom and James took a ton of photos today. James is in need of another haircut! 💇🏻‍♂️ It's been 2 months! A new random house hold item became a new toy, a bungee cord, which is what we use to hold the cot together during the day. James thought it was fascinating that there were hooks on the ends. [Video] Just woke up from a nap! 💁‍♂️ Watch the video to see what this is about! James yawning 🥱 Playing with a bungee cord  He got it unhooked! Gym class! Mom tangled it around his foot to see if he could figure it out! Matter of seconds! Model Baby What James thinks about Ohio State Always goofy after bath Most active at night! View from his crib Selfies with Mom James making trach care difficult for Mom to do solo! (He needs to remove his bean bag that he is holding over his trach) P.S. You...

Friday, September 2nd, 2022 In the morning James got his first boo boo. 🤕 He had pulled down his Farrell bag that had a velcro clip attached to it and managed to clamp down the clip on his finger. He didn't react to that but as soon as Mom removed the clip on the finger and unclamped it James cried loudly. James doesn't really cry but this was different. Real tears because he felt pain. Then he took a nap. Today James had his final helmet appointment. The woman we had been working with was going to be transferring to another office so we decided to make today our last day as well. James is 20 months old (16½ months adjusted). This office stops helmet wearing at 18 months.  It can take 9-18 months before a baby's skull is fully formed. During this time some babies develop positional plagiocephaly. This means that there is a flat area on the back or side of the head. Positional plagiocephaly does not affect brain growth or development; it is purely a shape issue. James' ...