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Long Overdue Update

Hello Everyone! I know it has been nearly six weeks since I updated my blog but life with a newborn is so hectic. Jackson is healthy and strong and weighing in at 9.18 lbs as of yesterday morning. Every week Jackson and I make the trip to a Children's Hospital location for a recasting. We have been to the Laurel clinic twice and the main hospital twice. Every week we get there and they cut his casts off with a saw which he loves the sound of. After the casts are off Jackson goes for a quick weigh in in order to get an accurate weight on in. After the weigh in his doctor comes in and moves his feet around to check their looseness and their overall progress. The casts go on next by wrapping cotton followed by wrapping the plaster. Jackson has coped well with his casts after the first few weeks. He hasn't cried the past two weeks when they pushed his feet and put on his casts. Jackson gets Tylonel if he needs but he generally doesn't. The doctor is hopeful that his casts next ...