Curious Little Man!

We had most of our house baby-proofed before S came home (with the help of our family!), even though we were not sure to what extent we would need it. Not long after he came home and began to get comfortable with his surroundings, he started exploring. He is an extremely curious little fellow! :) Over the past few months, we've put things up, put things away, bought a fireplace lock (yep-he got into it and put stuff in his mouth...more than once), etc. Recently, he learned how to unhook our cabinet locks, just as we unhook them. Hmmm...this made things more tricky. So, thanks to the recommendation of our good friends the Ginsbergs who saw S in action unhooking the latches last week, we now purchased some gadgets that go on the outside of the cabinets. They've been on since Sunday and worked for two days. I'm sure he'll figure out how to get into them at some point, but hopefully we'll have them protected for a few weeks at least. I also made him his own cabinet full of plastic bowls, etc. that he can play with until his little heart is content! :) Now he is really going after the drawers. Our next goal is to add latches to the drawers that he is currently interested in exploring. Here are some pictures to show you just how busy our little man really is...

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This afternoon S saw a pediatric gastroenterologist for the first time. He is going to do one test (he said our pediatrician already ran many that he would look into), he is putting S on a medicine to increase his appetite, and his dietician recommended a few more calorie supplements (Benecalorie=330 calories/cup and Boost pudding.) S had gained a few more ounces in a couple of weeks, and his head had grown since the last time it was measured. So on a very positive note, while it is very slow going, he is making a tad of progress. Praise God for this blessing! As you can see, S is excited about this, too! :)