Isaiah had an ENT appointment a few weeks ago and he will be needing his adenoids removed. He is a snorter, snorer, and still has horrible bad breath on and off. He also usually gasps for air after drinking. Hopefully this will all improve once the culprit is removed. His tonsils look fine so they will remain intact. Next week he has a urologist appointment to hopefully coordinate 2 surgeries at the same time. That common procedure that newborn boy babies have in the nursery by a regular doctor requires an older child to be under anesthesia and have it done by a urologist.
Isaiah has been home almost 8 months. Although he hasn't made leaps and bounds developmentally he has made some gains in many areas. He now goes up and down steps by himself. He has a few favorite toys with balls being the most favorite. He used to let the ball roll off his hands and how he attempts to throw them. He will throw certain things a small distance and crawl after it while giggling and making a game of it. He is into climbing up on anything his little legs can get him up. He waves bye-bye...signs more and eat and getting close to signing ball. Plays peek-a-boo, So Big, puts his foot out to me when I start saying This Little Piggy, Patty Cake, gives kisses and hugs, gives 5, attempts the actions to the song Hot Potato by The Wiggles. He still LOVES music. He imitates some sounds and still is a babbler. When he cries he "says" mom, mama over and over. I doubt he means me but I still like hearing it.
He recently got his orthodics and while I think they are a pain in the butt I know they are to protect the growth of his muscles and bones. Still have not found shoes that fit well with them. When we first saw him in the orphanage he didn't even know how to take "instinct" baby steps when holding his hands. Now he is walking around furniture, walking behind push toys and has taken 2-3 wobbly steps to us. He can stand and balance for probably close to a minute. He is so close to getting into standing position on his own. With all this unfortunately comes the bumps and bruises. The other day I had him standing up against the wall while I was getting something and he fell forward and put a hole in his lip. He was throwing a fit because I took him out of the highchair and he most likely threw himself forward but didn't plan on his tooth going through his lip :( Awhile back I noticed a front tooth has a little chip in it. I have a feeling there will be much more of this type of thing by the time he is a steady walker. :(
Eating....just when I think things are improving a bit then it gets bad again. I keep hoping and praying for the day I can say meal time is finally relaxing. Now and then we get one of those and it is so nice.
Early Intervention ended this past week with Isaiah turning 3 so now he moves into the school system. He will be getting 60 minutes of ST (speech therapy) per week and 60 minutes with the special education preschool teacher per week and 30 minutes of OT (occupational therapy). I still take him to Bismarck for PT (physical therapy) twice a month.
Now for a couple pictures...
