birth to three

(15m 25d)
Birth to three came out today and noah does qualify for services according to the evaluation. They were super nice, the speech/language pathologist and PT. The good news is that they said he scored above average for cognitive, social and language abilities!!! I was so happy for him! But he scored below for gross motor. they said his fine motor is perfect, but b/c they some what group it with gross, he also scored low on fine. but let me repeat, I am glad they said he was totally fine with his fine motor skills, which I agree with. As far as the gross motor, they said he has low muscle tone, which is called hypotonia. it is not severe, but the W sitting gave it away ( I have to correct his sitting position). they said using a walker (which we bought him for xmas but does not use much) encourages the toe walking, so they discouraged use of that. the johnny jumper increased tight heel cords (achiles tendon) b/c they jump on their toes, not allowing their foot to go flat and stretching the cords. but since he was late to sit up on his own, late to crawl and now not walking unassited yet, they said it is low tone. he is not and never was floppy and the pedi did not ever notice it, so it is by no means severe. he does not drool and always sucked well (besides at birth when he was premature and jandiced and sleepy). so I did some research on line, and most of what they talk about is more than what noah has. Joe was the same way, so I am thinking he was an undiagnosed low tone baby. I am happy they found something (not that I ever want anything wrong with him) and now we can move forward with PT. She will call me on vacation so we can plan for a time when we get back. they said they are happy that we are doing this early, but I wish I pushed more when he was late to sit up and late to crawl. first time mommy, now I know better!!

first steps

15m 3w)
Noah has taken a few steps! He took a few for us the night before and yesterday afternoon and then a few for nana! Birth to three is scheduled to come out on Friday, so we will see if he will be walking on his own soon, like dr Lamoureux predicted. He said at his 15 month appt that in 3 weeks he would be walking on his own.

Noah had a major melt down yesterday. He, after have 3 prior hair cuts, has now decided he HATES getting his hair cut. he screamed, SCREAMED, and cried during it! huge tears and all. It is so funny from him to go from such a laid back, happy-go-lucky kid, to everything bothering him! and yesterday he got so mad at the dr for touching me at my drs appt. and when the tech did my bp and pulse, he all out lost it! clenched fists, kicking and screaming, face all crunched up! don't touch my mommy!!!!! I thought we were past that stage and I was lucky he did not get like that. he even cried when joe dropped him off at nana's this morning and was hanging on to him for dear life! and at the nursery, forget it! I wonder why now, he is getting like this. all kids are different I guess. He never had seperation anxiety before.

He is doing really well with only one bottle at night and to be honest, I am sure if I stopped giving it to him, he would be fine. I just love that time with him. He cuddles with me and I cherish it!

He loves his meals and has a great time eating. And he does very well drinking his water with a splash of added apple juice out of a big boy cup with a straw.

noah gave me the best hug yesterday morning! Usually he will wrap both arms around my shoulders and pat my arms but today he wrapped both arms around my neck and pulled me into him and hugged me! and stayed too! He is so sweet, I just love him so much!

15 months

Noah is going for his check up this week. Two new words he said today are "All Done" and "bye bye". He waves bye bye with his hand, by opening and closing it and says bye in the sweetest, softest voice. And with "all done" he has been saying that for a while, but we just figured out what he was saying. "AAA DAA". He repeats me all the time when I ask him if he is all done, (with snack, meals, playing with a toy and he hands it to me). Joe mentioned that I say that a lot to him, so it makes sense he is repeating me. He says it all day long, repeating me, AAA DAA, it sounds like all done, and it is very cute!
He is walking with his push toys, and with our assistance, and cruising furniture, but not walking on his own yet. He got a new pair of stride rite's yesterday, so hopefully that will help him along.

He is down to only one bottle a day now, at night before bed. Today we changed the morning bottle of milk to a cup of cold milk with breakfast. He seemed to be fine with it. He is eating all table foods now with an occasional jar of veggies, if he is not getting enough vegetables in. He loves to eat and enjoys meal time. I turn the radio on and he nods his head along and moves back and forth to the music! He also does this in the car, it cracks us up!

He loves playing with Jack (jacks) and paris (sis). He also loves going for walks with them. I attach the dogs leashes to the stroller and they walk along with us.

Noah goes to a play group once a week, and has fun with the other kids, and the moms enjoy visiting, too.

Noah loves "talking" on the play phone. He will pretend anything is a phone now, and hold it up to his ear and then to ours.

He has 4 teeth still, but finally #5 and 6 are coming in, and having broken skin! The other 2 looked like they were coming down, but have stopped.

We are looking forward to Easter dinner with the family and play time with Emma.