Also, for those of you that don't know, we have known for about two months now that Carter will be born with a bilateral cleft lip. We are pretty sure that there is at least a unilateral cleft in his palate, but we will not know for sure until he is born. In the mean time we are preparing and deciding on a surgeon.
For those of you that don't really understand what clefts are and what they look like, a great site to go to is: kidswithcleftsutah.blogspot.com. There is great info at that site. The baby that is front and center on the blog is what Carter will probably look like. But again there is no way to tell until he gets here.
The really good news we got yesterday at our ultrasound is that everything else looks normal and he is growing perfectly. There is nothing else wrong with our little Carter which was a concern for a while. The doctor told us to expect a perfectly healthy baby!
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Sounds like Landen is pretty much all BOY. :) I will check out that site. It is nice that you have some time to prepare for the birth of Carter and his condition. It will make the first few months much easier to deal with having a plan in place. Good news that all else is going well with his growth and development! Cute name too. :)
One of my friend's baby was born with a cleft pallet. He had several surgeries and looked pretty much like normal the last time I saw him. It is amazing what they can do these days with surgery! I am so glad he is healthy and doing well! That is so great! Good luck with everything! I bet Landon will be a great big brother!
Your little boy is getting so big! That's fun that he wants to be just like his Daddy! I love little boys! And I love the name Carter! I'm happy he's healthy! Isn't that amazing that they can make a diagnoses while still in utero? I agree, it will be nice to do research and have a game plan before baby Carter is even born! The surgery that they can do now is amazing!
Oh, and by the way...we really should get together and have a play date some time!
we heard about Carter(cute name, it is what we almost named jace)hopefully everything will work out well and that you are able to pick a great surgeon. You are in our prayers!
I'm glad that you are prepared for Carter's cleft lip/pallet before he is born! I hope all goes well, I'll keep your cute family in my prayers for sure!!
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