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For those of you wondering, we’ve gotten the results of Wyatt’s CT Scan. It does show he has a craniosynostosis. This is not the diagnosis we had hoped for, but the pediatrician is optimistic. It is what he calls a minimal closure of the anterior fontanelle. We’ve scheduled an appointment in a couple of weeks with a plastic surgeon who specializes in pediatric head and face reconstruction.

Today we had Wyatt’s CT scan. We were lucky that he did not require sedation. We just skipped his morning nap and then got him to sleep at the hospital. They were then able to do the scan while he slept. We will not know anything for a couple of days, but hopefully all is well. The pediatrician does not seem to concerned since Wyatt has been meeting or exceeding all his milestones. We mainly did the scan to see if the flat spot on his head could be craniosynostosis or plagiocephaly. Plagiocephaly is a much less serious condition and usually causes no problems. Craniosynostosis is a more severe condition and needs to be treated with surgery.

Noah turned 2 years old last Friday. It is amazing how fast the time has gone by. He really is no longer a baby. Wyatt started saying dada this week. I can’t help but feel the time slipping away sometimes. We had pediatrician appointments for both boys on Tuesday. Noah was 27lbs and Wyatt was 18lbs. The both are healthy and meeting all there milestones. We do have one concern with Wyatt. He has a flat spot on the back of his head. It could be nothing or it may mean that the frontal plates in his skull grew together to soon. The pediatrician is not too concerned since Wyatt is hitting his milestones, but Rachel and I will probably have a head CT done just to double check.

Wyatt has started crawling in the last week. It is so cool to watch him explore and starting to chase his older brother.

After a week of Wyatt waking up several times a night, we have gotten Wyatt to sleep through the night in his crib for the past 2 nights. We finally figured out if we put him in a wedge and let his music play all night, he will sleep all the way through. It seemed like the transition was harder this time then for Noah, but I think we finally have it down.

I’ve decided to start posting a regular feature about things that drive me crazy. I’ve categorized them as rants if you want to see them all. This weeks rant is on the father (dad) section of parenting magazines. I swear these have to be written by moms. They are almost always about how you can support your wife in parenting your children. They are never about how to be an involved father. Never about the interaction between fathers and their children.

Today was Wyatt’s 6 month checkup. Everything seems to be going fine with him. He was 16lbs 10oz and was 26.5 inches long. He is sitting pretty well on his own now, although he still isn’t rolling over. It’s amazing how fast things change. It was only a year ago and Noah was at this stage, but it seems like a lifetime ago.

When both our sons were younger they suffered from acid reflux. It was especially bad if they slept on their back. To alleviate it we had them sleep sitting in their car seat. Now its time for Wyatt to move into his crib since he is getting to big for the infant car seat. This is a problem since he does not like sleeping on his back now. Anyone have any suggestions on how we can ease the transition?

The last time we had a photo taken with all four of us was in the hospital when Wyatt was born. It’s nice to get a family portrait and see how big the boys are getting. I think this picture turned out fairly well, given how difficult it is to get two young boys to sit still and smile.

Holy cow it has been a long time since I’ve posted. I’m not even sure anyone still looks at this thing anymore. Here is kind of a run down of what’s been happening for those of you who do.

Work for Netscape is going well. I’m really enjoying the work I’m doing. Checkout the teaser stories to see some of the information about the new browser.

I’m preparing to get version 0.9.5 of Forecastfox out by the end of the week barring any unforseen issues.

Everyone in the house is sick. The boys have bronchialitis, so I’m sure that’s what Rachel and I have too. It’s really hard with Wyatt being so young and not really wanting to eat. He’ll be 3 months next week. It’s amazing how fast time goes, but it seems like I don’t remember a time before he was here.

I’ve been wanting to make some changes to this website. I would like to move away from blogger.com and host my own. I would also like to start integrating some of the cool APIs Netscape provides into the blog. Hopefully, I can start to do that in the next couple of months.

Forecastfox is a Firefox extension that lets you get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and display it in any toolbar or statusbar.