Posted by pforpeanuts on October 11, 2012 · 5 Comments
I didn’t leave crying. I didn’t leave depressed. I’m happy to report that Ellisa’s developmental assessment went really well today. Some background. Ellisa has been seeing developmental specialists that assess her every 6 months since she’s been born. Her last assessment at First Steps was long, stressful, and depressing as she came in 8 months behind in [...]
Category 2 years, Ellisa · Tags assessment, cognitive function, developmental pediatrician, dr. fasci, dyspraxia, ECI, first steps, learning disabilities, OT, therapists
Posted by pforpeanuts on March 28, 2012 · 3 Comments
I thought I would go ahead and simply make one post that goes over all the doctors that Ellisa saw for her 1.5 year check-ups vs doing a post on each visit. Thankfully, there’s nothing too complicated to report or too many doctor’s that she had to see. Here’s a summary of each visit. Dr. [...]
Category 1-2 years, Ellisa, Hydrocephalus, Listeria · Tags CP, developmental milestones, doctor's visits, Dr. George, Dr. Louis, Dr. Rainey, fast acquisition MRI, first steps, hydrocephalus, Listeria, optic nerve, shunt malfunction, slit ventricle syndrome, small head, sutures, sutures fusing, SVS, ventricles
Posted by pforpeanuts on July 14, 2011 · 1 Comment
I feel like I just wrote the 9 month post. But here we are at 10 months already. What’s new? A lot. This month the twins have begun to take a liking to each other. They’ve always noticed each other around but I think they used to see each other as toys. Now they’re really [...]
Category 9-12 months, General · Tags 10 months old, acid reflux, balance, ball, band, bottle feedings, clap, commands, conversational, dream feed, feeding problem, first birthday, first steps, gibberish, hi, how babies talk, independent personality, interact, mawww, monkey, no, pool, pumping, raspberry, shake, sign language, sit, sleeping, spoon fed, stand, standing, stop, straw cup, swimming lessons, walking, wave