Neo-Natal appointment

We've had a busy week for the boys. On Monday afternoon, Austin graduated from the Early Intervention Program. He is doing so well that they see no need for home visits any more. If something were to change in the future, which we don't expect he could always be re-enrolled. Our home visits had pretty much just turned into a playtime with the ladies.

On Tuesday we had our neo-natal appointment which I really hate. It's 4hrs of just rotating through to see different doctors. The boys get very tired because they miss their morning nap and they get tired of everyone touching them.

With all that being said we got good reports from everyone. Eyesight is good as well as hearing. We also saw neurology, psychology, nutrition, pediatrics, and one more that I can't remember. Everyone was so impressed that they are walking, talking and interacting as well as they are. None of the doctors had any concerns for us. The nutrition doctor said they are still both on the small side but because they are still growing she wasn't alarmed. She said just keep them on whole milk and balanced meals. She also says it's very common for toddlers who begin to feed themselves to not gain as much weight because they lose most the food before it gets to their mouths.

The doctors all said they would say they are pretty much at their actual age vs corrected age. Of course they still can't measure learning but we don't see any issues in our future with that. The fact that they are able to learn things like body parts, sign language and words leads me not to worry. The one thing they did say was to keep reading to them a lot. He said there is no doubt that has helped them with speaking and comprehension.

I can now tell the boys to go get me the ball and they will both go find a ball to bring me or I can tell them to give Beevo love and they will both go over and give their stuffed Beevo a hug. It's sweet. I can also tell them to come here or stop what they are doing and they just smile and keep right on. That's the challenging piece right now.

Natalie and Sean are doing great. Sean's football team is 3-0. He is doing really well if we can just keep him focused and interested. Others that he is around are NOT into football therefore they don't talk it with him or encourage him to hit hard and to be physical. He weighs 42 pounds and at least 2 kids on the other team Saturday were over 150 pounds. Natalie is all about cheerleading. That's all we hear her talk about. She is doing really well in school which is what we are more proud of. Sean is also doing well in school. He really enjoys his teacher as she is young with a lot of energy. She probably needs with a room full of 4th graders.

Pat was busy this past weekend making a swing for the boys. They love it too. For some reason I am having trouble downloading my slide shows and videos....I know you're disappointed. Once I figure out the problem I'll do another post. Until then hope you are doing well.
Alexa and Family