We asked Dr. Shelton if we should be concerned about Emma's "strawberry" (infantile hemangioma) birthmark on her head, and she gave us a referral to the Duke Pediatric Dermatology clinic. She said it may or may not need treatment (because of it's location and the likelihood that she could scratch it--the bleeding would be very difficult to stop, as the birthmark is all small blood vessels grouped together), but that it would be good for us to get it checked out so they can monitor it's size and growth. It grew rather rapidly for a few months, but has seemed to slow now.
What else? Emma is attempting to move herself. It's sort of an ugly pre-crawling thing she's doing, but it gets the job done. She must be learning from the other kids in the classroom. There's a 6 month old and a 7 month old who are crawling and pulling themselves up onto the furniture in the classroom. I told Emma not to get any ideas. She's clearly not listening to me! (An indicator of years to come?...)
Here are a few current pictures...
We're looking forward to our trip up to New York and New Hampshire for the holidays to visit all of the Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. We're dreading the drive, though! Our hope is to be able to make an overnight drive on Thursday night and arrive in NY on Friday. We'll stay until sometime on Monday, when we'll make the drive up to NH, stay through Thursday and leave on Friday. Should be interesting with a busy 4 month old!!! Wish us luck!
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