Evan turned 3 months old today! Wow! time sure has gone quickly! He is doing well and growing and changing every day. Last week on Monday he weighed 11 pounds and 3 ounces. He has gained 3 pounds since he was born! His MSUD is still being managed very well with his diet and isoleucine and valine supplements. Last week he gave us a scare. He decided he no longer wanted to eat 4 ounces and would sometimes barely want to finish eating 2 ounces. Of course since refusal to eat can be a sign of metabolic crisis, JR and I were super worried. He was acting normal accept at feeding times. After a few days I finally called the geneticist and he told us it was normal for babies to change their eating patterns and to not worry as long as he ate his protein bottles (enfamil) and took his supplements. After another day of him being a pill when it came time to eat I thought it may be the bottle because it was just the bottle he didn't want. I eventually went to the store and bought a NUK brand bottle since the nipple is the same shape as his pacifier. Sure enough...next feeding he took 4 ounces! He has been eating better ever since. Thank goodness I figure something out because I don't know how much longer I could have gone with him fighting the bottle! 
Today was also Father's Day! We had a nice relaxing day hanging out at home. Then we went to Olive Garden for a Father's Day lunch. Afterward we stopped by Babies R Us to pick up a few things for Evan. Evan made Daddy an impression of his feet and painted them green for his father's day present. It's like a decoration for him to hang in his office. Daddy loved it along with the card that Evan got him. All in all it was a nice relaxing day as a family.
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