7 months

Weight: 17-18 pounds

Length: Hasn't been measured since 6 months

Health: Im pretty sure this child has had some recent allergies...especially with the crazy pollen. He was on his first round of antibiotics for a sinus infection, but bounced back quickly.

Size clothes: 6-9, 9, and 12 months, depending on the brand. The 12 month is mostly shorts we've had to buy recently because of the heat, and they are a little big but do the trick!

Size diapers: 3 for daytime, 4 for night (and that STILL doesn't keep it all in!)

Eat: 4 bottles a day, 8 ounces. Purees 2 times a day-so far he's had squash, sweet potatoes, pears, apples, bananas, oatmeal, peas, carrots and bananas!


Sleeps: All night for the most part.

Disposition: Happy little guy! Loves to watch the world around him...and look out, he REALLY wants to be on the move!!!!

Loves: Mommy and daddy! Being outside and exploring things with his hands (and mouth). He really digs the swing too!!!

Doesn’t like: When he sees you leave the room!!!

Milestones: Cranial band-this will be on for a few months. Explanation of his diagnosis and why he's having to wear this are below.



Smiles when: he's awake :)

Recent trips: Greenville again and Charleston

Plagiocephaly is a condition that causes a baby's head to have a flat spot (flat head syndrome) or be misshapen.

The most common form is positional plagiocephaly. It occurs when a baby's head develops a flat spot due to pressure on that area. Babies are vulnerable because their skull is soft and pliable when they're born.

Positional plagiocephaly typically develops after birth when babies spend time in a position that puts pressure on one part of the skull. Because babies spend so much time lying on their back, for example, they may develop a flat spot where their head presses against the mattress.

Starting in the early 1990s, parents were told to put their babies to sleep on their back to reduce the risk of SIDS. While this advice has saved thousands of babies' lives, experts have noticed a fivefold increase in misshapen heads since then. (See below for tips on repositioning your baby to avoid both SIDS and plagiocephaly.)

More rarely, babies develop positional plagiocephaly when movement in the uterus is constricted for some reason – because their mother is carrying more than one baby, for example. It can also happen to breech babies who get wedged under their mother's ribs.

Connor seems to have positional plagiocephaly originating in utero since he was SOOOO low for SOOOO long.

It was also causing facial asymmetry, misalignment with his ears and eyes some. The ears were the most influential feature that helped make our decision easier, since without correction he had the potential to have issues with speech and feeding.

For the most part, it hasn't been bad. More of a pain for us that him for sure!