Cardio Check Up

Today Benson had his 3 month check up with Dr. Judd, his cardiologist. He did SO well! During the appointment he had an ekg and an echo done, and didn't make a peep during either. Well, I guess he made some noise, but none of it was crying. He found his voice yesterday, and hasn't stopped using it since :) During the ekg, he stared up at the nurse and cooed and cooed the entire time, and if she ever made eye contact with him, he would give her the biggest smile! Such a little flirt already.
The results from both the ekg and the echo came back good. He's doing perfect! He obviously still has the bicuspid valve, and will until it's replaced later in his life, but it is functioning just fine for now. They will watch it to make sure it doesn't begin to leak or develop any other problems for the rest of his life. There was no visible scare tissue where the aortic arch was repaired (it'll probably be years before it's visible) and everything else on the repair looked like it has healed great as well.
I asked Dr. Judd if he could still have some pain under is left arm where the incision was, because if I ever pick him up by grabbing him under his arms he cries like he's in pain. She said the he will still have pain from scare tissue build up in that spot for about 6 months (good to know now). That was something no one had told us, and I really didn't expect it to still be painful, but after she explained it, it makes sense. We'll just be careful for a few more months.
The main thing they look for at this point is that he's growing has he should, and Benson is definitely growing! He's such a little chunk, and happy as can be.
I just realized that I haven't posted an update on him for a while now, and a lot has changed.
We now have his acid reflux totally under control. The new medication he was put on the first of May has been awesome! As long as we give it to him, we can treat him like a normal, healthy baby.
He's been sleeping laying down now for a couple of weeks.
He's on a pretty good schedule. It's not exactly the same every day, but it's really predictable at this point.He goes to bed at 8:30 pm and sleeps until 8 am, waking to eat at 5 and then going right back to sleep. He'll stay awake until 9:30 or 10 and then goes down for his morning nap for about an hr, then he's up from 11 to 1 and takes a good 3 hr afternoon nap. The evenings are when his naps are still a little inconsistent because we're always doing different things and a lot of the time we leave the house, but he'll usually take another hour, hour and a half nap in the evening around 5:30, and then back to bed at 8:30.
He's a seriously easy going baby! He's so good to go with the flow and entertain himself when I'm busy with Josh. I found out this last weekend that he doesn't really love to be away from home for too long however. I'm sure he'll grow out of that though.
He just started to giggle about a week ago. It is SO cute!
I think his hair is going to be brown. Probably the same color as mine. When I was a baby/toddler my hair was brown but looked red in the sun. I've noticed that with his hair.
He loves Josh and thinks he's so funny!
He's a mama's boy and I love it. He'd lay his head on my chest all day long if I'd let him. And I do as much as I can :)

Getting his ekg

Out cold during the echo! What a trooper...