Taking on The World With Our Boy: December 2013

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays to all!

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Marino aka "Littleness"

Welcome to Marino's World

Welcome everyone! I started this blog so I could stop cluttering up email in-boxes with my musings and pictures of Marino and put everything in one central location. Thank you for taking an interest in Marino as he takes on the world!

Who is Marino?

Marino is our precious baby boy. He was born on July 3rd, 2008 at 32 weeks gestational age (8 weeks early), due to HELLP Syndrome and pre-eclampsia. Only 3 pounds, 2 ounces and 16 inches long at birth, Marino was in the NICU for 4 weeks. He needed CPAP (a ventilator) and had a number of other issues including a low white cell count, jaundice, anemia and a Level I IVH (brain hemmorage). 10 days after his release from the NICU, Marino caught Group B Strep which developed into sepsis (blood infection) and bacterial meningitis and spent 14 days in the Pediatric ICU. His health and happiness are a true miracle and we are grateful for every wonderful day with him.

Oh, The Places You'll Go!

Adventure Aquarium (Camden, NJ)
Adventure Theater
Annapolis
Apple Blossom Festival (Winchester, VA)
Beanrunner Cafe (Peekskill, NY)
Brookside Gardens
Bunnyland at Butler's Orchard (2012)
Carderock (Hiking)
Catskill Mountain Railroad (NY)
Chesapeake Pirate Adventures
Cocoa Beach Pier
College Park Aviation Museum
Color Me Mine
Cox Farms (VA) 2009
Dallas, Texas
Disney World/Magic Kingdom (Orlando)
Downtown Silver Spring
Etsch Farms (NJ)
Fall Festival - Butler's Orchard (2011)
Fall Festival at Butler's Orchard (2009)
Fenton Street Market (Silver Spring, MD)
Garden of Lights (Brookside Gardens)
Great Falls
Grounds for a Sculpture (Hamilton, NJ) 2011
Hershey Park (PA)
Hollywood Studios (Orlando)
Homestead Farm - Apple Picking
Hudson Highland Nature Museum (Cornwall, NY)
Indoor Safari Park (Plano, TX)
JW Tumbles (Hernon, VA)
Kites Over Clarksburg (2012)
Meadowside Nature Center
Mid-Hudson Children's Museum (Poughkeepsie) - 2011
Montgomery County Fair
Movie Theatre
Myrtle Beach (2010)
Myrtle Beach (2011)
National Aquarium (Baltimore)
National Building Museum
National Zoo (2012)
National Zoo (DC) 2010
Nationals Park
Natural History Museum
North Beach, MD (2009)
North Beach, MD (2011)
Ocean City, MD
Olde Towne Gaithersburg (Train)
Philadelphia Zoo (PA)
Pirate Museum of Nassau (Bahamas)
Playplace at the Galleria (Dallas, TX)
Playseum (Bethesda)
Port Discovery (2013)
Port Discovery (Baltimore) 2009
Pumpkinville (Leesburg, VA)
Reston Zoo (VA)
Rock Hill Orchard (Apple Picking)
Rockville Town Square (Kid's Night)
Roosevelt Island (VA)
Sesame Place
Sugarloaf Mountain
Tiny Tots Puppet Show (Glen Echo Park, MD)
Wheaton Regional Park (2011)
Whipkey Dam (PA)

FAQs

Potty Training a Strong Willed Toddler
Marino's First Words
Prematurity: Our Story
Treating Asthma
Treating Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)
(Not) Getting Pregnant After a Preemie
How to Help When a Friend/Family Member has a Preemie
Going Gluten-Free

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5 on Friday
Premature
potty training
breathing treatments
asthma
egg allergy
Preemies
allergy
Pediatrics Unit
eczema
pneumonia
second degree burns
allergy testing
atopic dermatitis
sleep training
steroids
HELLP Syndrome
skin infection
Bacterial Meningitis
Group B Strep
PICU
Sepsis

Marino's Stats

6 Years: 47 lbs and 45.5 inches
5 Years: 40 lbs and 42.75 inches
4 1/2 Years: 34 lbs and 41 inches
4 Years: 33 lbs and 39.75 inches
36 Months: 31 lbs and 37 inches
30 Months: 28lbs.
24 Months: 26lbs, 2oz and 35 inches
18 Months: 22lbs, 14oz. and 31.5 inches
15 Months: 21 lbs, 8 oz. and 31 inches
12 Months: 20 lbs, 13.5 oz. 29.5 inches
9 Months: 18 lbs, 8 oz and 26.5 inches
6 Months: 15 lbs, 2 oz. and 25 inches
3 Months: 9lbs, 5 oz. and 20 inches
2 Months: 6lbs, 13oz and 19 inches *original due date
1 Month: 4lb, 15 oz. and 17 inches
Birth: 3lb, 2oz. and 16 inches

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