Avery's Adventure: Parent-Teacher Conferences/4 months!

Reagan had her 4 month follow up with Dr Love last Wednesday. She is now 11lbs 10oz and 23 inches long. Dr Love was very happy with her weight and we are switching her to “regular” formula (20 calorie) from Neosure, which is 22 calorie. She no longer has a blocked tear duct and her umbilical hernia is looking much better. During the appointment, we received a call from Dr Jeff regarding Reagan’s apnea monitor download results. We put him on speaker phone so Dr Love could hear everything he had to say. He said there were no events with the last download and he is comfortable with Reagan not wearing the monitor anymore. He did say that by her wearing the monitor is what alerted us to her having rsv which is true. The alarm was going off multiple times every hour. We agreed that we would feel comfortable if Reagan wears the monitor only at night for one more month. That should get us through most of the cold/flu season and she can still go to daycare because she won’t be wearing it during that day. We were so happy that she doesn’t have to wear it. Now she can wear cute outfits instead of a sleeper with snaps all of the time.

We had Avery’s parent teacher conferences last Thursday. I am not going to lie. We were dreading going there because we thought for sure they were going to ask why Avery isn’t wearing her hearing aids at home, etc. When we walked in, her teacher told us she was so excited to see us because she had good news. She said she really sees improvement in Avery. She has been saying/trying to say more words, asking for help when she needs it and playing with(instead of alongside) her peers. She did agree that Avery has plateaued when it comes to potty training. She used to not want to sit on the potty. Now she sits but nothing comes out. I told her we have had Avery sit on the potty at home for 45 minutes at a time and still nothing. Even after bribing her with fruit by the foot, icecream, Chuck E Cheese…still nothing. We need to take one weekend and really work with her on it.

The teacher then said that on days Avery doesn’t wear her hearing aids (whether we forgot to pack them, dead battery, etc) that she doesn’t notice a difference in Avery’s response to sound. Thank you Jesus, someone else who sees Avery almost every day and doesn’t believe she has trouble hearing. I will be mentioning this to her pediatrician, ENT and audiologist. (We go to see the Cleft palate clinic in June so we will discuss it then)

Another thing the teacher told us is that Avery’s classmates get excited when Avery says something. They know she has trouble speaking so they cheer her on. The one day her teacher told the class that they could start the activity once Avery said the word “go”. Avery said it and the whole class cheered, not just because they were able to start the activity but because they were truly happy for Avery. I thought that was so cute J

Me and my bestie Aria