Doctor updates – Page 17

All play, no work

August 19, 2014

First – Happy Birthday Jen! Hope it’s the best yet!!

Second – dentist update. I’m very glad I went on and took Spencer to the see the dentist. He said it was clear those front teeth were hit with some major force. Luckily, the front teeth aren’t loose and Spencer didn’t even wince when the dentist pushed on them. He was also concerned a bit about his lip. He said that all the redness on the front of his lip was where he almost bit completely through it. Ouch. The dentist did give us an Amoxicillin prescription to fight off any bacteria in the lip and teeth and (hopefully!) avoid the dreaded grey tooth. I had a dreaded grey tooth when I was a kid (thanks to an unfortunate incident with the driveway) and am still dealing with the ramifications of it today on my permanent tooth. Needless to say, I’m REALLY hoping Spencer’s tooth stays pearly white!

Third – weekend update. The boys were hard at work in the yard. We’ve got to get things looking good because we’ve got a special birthday party coming up in a few weeks!

yard work

And when I say “the boys” were hard at work, I think it’s safe to say that only 1 boy worked really hard and the other 2 just made a mess. But they sure looked cute!

After they had all worked so hard, we thought everyone deserved a little play time at the tot lot.

tot lot

A hot, fun weekend!

Infected

June 20, 2014

Maxwell has strep. BOO. He woke up Wednesday night saying his throat hurt and by Thursday morning I could hear the thickness in his voice. He was feeling a little better on Thursday and still went to his swim lesson but then the doctor confirmed he was strep positive. Yuck. We are now armed with amoxicillin and should have him feeling better in no time.

Waiting patiently at the doc even though he didn’t feel good…

doctor

His reward for the strep test…

doctor

He was pretty excited. Especially when you add in the Dum Dum he got too! 🙂

and let’s just all cross our fingers that Spencer doesn’t catch it. I mean, it’s not like they’ve been separated the past few days…

brothers

Here’s to a healthy weekend ahead!

Doctor report

April 28, 2014

I took Spencer to see Dr. Walley on Friday for his 18 month old checkup and all looks good! BIG and good! 🙂 As Dr. Walley said, Spencer’s the height of a nice sized 2 year old! 😉 He’s 34 inches (98th%!!) and 27.5 lbs (95th%). His head is 19.25 inches (95th%). That means he’s grown 2 whole inches in only 3 months and gained 2.5 lbs. My sweet, big boy. For comparison, here’s Maxwell’s 18 months stats: 33 inches tall (75th to 90th %) and 24 lbs, 13 oz. (50th %). Needless to say, little brother may not be the littlest one forever! 🙂

18 month checkup

He’s got a nasty cough again with a little bit of wheezing so we’re going to try putting him on Singulair for a while to see if that will help open up his airways and let him breathe a little better. No way to tell if he’ll end up with asthma or not but Dr. Walley seems to think that if we can control it with Singulair now, we should be ok. He had to get 3 shots which is the only reason he got to have puppy with him at the doctor!

18 month checkup

Dr. Walley isn’t concerned yet with his (total) lack of words. I think I mentioned earlier that we have started the Early Intervention through the state to get speech therapy. Here’s the quick version: At 15 months, Dr. Walley mentioned that if he wasn’t talking by 18 months, perhaps we should look into Early Intervention. With no words at 17 months I decided to go on and move forward. I called the state to set up an evaluation which was done at the AL Department of Rehabilitation which is about as nice and welcoming as it sounds…as in not at all. We had a 30 minute “evaluation” done by 3 ladies, one of which was a therapist sitting on the floor with a bunch of outdated toys, all trying to get Spencer to do things he could do, but didn’t want to. He just wanted to get out of that room. Period. But, we made it through and I burst into tears afterward. Not surprisingly, he qualified for Early Intervention because he has a greater than 25% language delay. They then sent his case to UCP and we got assigned to a totally lovely, really sweet therapist named Carrie who will come once a month until it’s no longer needed. Our first session was last week and, honestly, it was kind of a big nothing. She basically just gave us some encouragement and reminded us to be very intentional in all of our interactions with Spencer and use every moment as a teaching moment. She wants us to start teaching him some signs to use and focus on using short phrases, i.e. “put in” instead of “put the toy in the box.” She expressed no concern over Spencer catching up eventually and I really don’t have a concern either. He babbles ALL THE TIME and is a very vocal baby. It just doesn’t come in the form of real words yet. Well, not real words to us but I’m positive that the sounds he’s using are very real and attached to specific things in his head. All that to say, he’s getting the help he needs now because I pushed it forward and I’m glad about that.

Also, I’m going to record his first real word as Nana. He has a picture book and several times he has pointed directly at the banana and said “Nana.” So, nana it is. Go Spencey go!!

Real words or not, this kid has no problem communicating his wants. And he may not say “I love you Momma” but he sure does know how to show it! 🙂

spencey love

See you tomorrow!

Week Wrap-up

February 28, 2014

Whew, this week has been a doozy! Let’s go through the members of the family.

Spencer – sweet baby. He’s still not talking actual words but he is babbling up a storm.

spencey

He may not talk, but he moves faster than you can imagine. And opens doors – including the front door which now has to remain locked at all times! Keeping up with him is an adventure.

spencey

We had his post tubes follow-up appointment yesterday and got a good report. He’s had drainage coming out of his ears for a week – yes, as in goo coming out of his ears. Seeing all the drainage only validated our decision to get tubes. He hasn’t even been really snotty and it’s been coming out of his ears every day – which meant all of that used to just sit in his ears! Poor guy. We got some ear drops to try and clear it all up. By the way, trying to entertain my wiggly 16 month old in an ENT office is a workout – no! don’t touch that! close that cabinet! don’t push that button!

spencey

spencer

He’s busy but I sure do love him!

Maxwell – my sweet, sweet big boy. He had a rough week testing some boundaries at home. See this innocent little face?

maxwell

Well, it can be mischievous.

maxwell

He can get sassy and not “act nicely” like he’s supposed to. We had two incidents this week that I’m still processing. He’s just growing up and seeing how far he can push things – and we clearly need to have a strong action and consequence program set. I know it’s all part of growing up and he’s not doing anything other 3.5 year olds don’t do. We’ll get through it!

maxwell

Look at that face. love.

Robert – he’s been out of town at a conference in Biloxi since Wednesday. He’s been living it up at the blackjack table in a smoke filled casino! ha! Needless to say, I think he’s ready for a weekend at home.

Me – after feeling pretty sick all week, I think the antibiotic is finally helping and I’m hoping to get back to 100% by the weekend. Fingers crossed! After dealing with these two lively boys without Robert for most of the week, I am definitely ready to get one of these at the Mexaurant tonight!

mexaurant