Playin' cards and sittin' up

It's been pretty darn cold around here lately--in the negatives. I had to cancel two of Eli's doctor's appointments. One was a follow-up with his regular pediatrician so he could see how Eli's been recovering. The other was actually two separate appointments in Columbus at Children's Hospital: a visit with the urologist and a developmental check-up with the folks at the BPD Clinic (the clinic that will be checking in on him until he is two). I was really looking forward to the BPD Clinic appointment where they would have shown me where he is on the growth chart and compared his development to other babies his corrected age. The test they were going to give him was designed for babies up to a corrected age of 4 1/2 months, and he has now passed that, so there was no point to reschedule. He'll be going for the 6-month test in March.

I'm not concerned with Eli's development so far. In some ways, he seems to be ahead of an almost-5-month-old, and in some ways behind, but I don't think he needs any intervention. For example, he is still not really rolling over, but he's almost able to sit up unassisted (can for as long as 10 seconds or so). He grabs at toys, but doesn't really handle them other than to hit them or shake a rattle. I guess I'll have to wait until March to see what they think.

We've discovered that Eli enjoys playing cards. He likes looking at them and tries to throw them and put them in his mouth. He's pretty good too. Whoever is on Eli's "team" always seems to end up winning.