dress up

The pictures are from Monday night. Will wanted to wear David's work jacket. Then Tyler decided to wear my jacket. Then they traded jackets, but I couldn't get Tyler before he got out of my jacket. They had alot of fun wearing the jackets.

Dr. visit for Tyler

Today was Tyler's turn to go to the doctor's office for his cold/infection. He has had a cough all this week and has had rough breathing a couple of times. The verdict is bronchiolitis and a sinus infection. He had a breathing treatment at the doctor's office and had a little bit of wheezing and of course was very energetic.

The boys are both on amoxicillin, one of the antibiotics that Publix's fills for free. Hopefully they will feel much better by the end of the weekend.

Midnight Cry

Will was the provider of the half past midnight cry and would not settle down for almost 25 minutes. So he went to the doctor today. Disclaimer he has had a cold for about 11 days and I was planning to take him tomorrow. He does not have an ear infection but does have a sinus infection. We saw a different physician's assistant then we normally do and she said the bumps on his face are probably caused by a virus and will go away eventually or we can get a cream to put on them that may make them go away faster. For now we will probably leave them alone, unless they are bothering him.

Tyler also has a cold/infection that he has had for a little over two weeks, I will take him tomorrow to the doctor.

Speech test

Will went to the speech lab at the Cranofacial center yesterday. He liked the toys to play with while we waited in the room, but he did not like the tests. The first thing that Dr. Riski the director of the speech pathology lab did was to examine his mouth. The good news is that his palate is healed and appears to be long enough to make the speech sounds. The concern is that he still can't make the sounds he should be able to with his palate now closed, he also can't drink thru a straw or use a valve on a sippy cup. It is possible that pharynx is not in the correct place in his throat to deep and this may impact his speech. The second part of the test was by computer and it was interesting to see. Will didn't like the test because it uses a u shaped piece of metal with a microphone on both sides to pick up the sounds from the mouth and the amount of air escaping his nose. Mommy modeled it first and then Will tried it with the promise of getting something out of the treasure box.

We are working on the following sounds that involve pressure to make: p, b, t, d, k, g, s, sh. He can make the nasal sounds m, n ng (ring) and low pressure are okay: l, w, y,r, h. So we are back to asking him to hold his nose and whisper his sounds. Whispering sounds is hard because he loves to be loud. We go back in February to see if he is making progress.

Since he didn't have any testing that school based Speech language pathologist (SLP) use his school based SLP will evaluate him the next two weeks and then we will have his eligibility meeting and create a speech IEP for him.

Chocolate ice cream cones!

Big boy beds!

Well the boys like their big boy beds better during the day then they do when it is bed time. These pictures are from last Saturday when we put them together after a morning at the zoo. The matching Thomas the tank engine bedding is a birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa Ohio. They love their pillows and the freedom to get in and out of bed. They now go to sleep within 40 minutes of being put in bed. Tyler doesn't fall asleep with a parent in the room and Will really wants a parent to stay in the room. Will cries so hard and loud when left in his room! He has been sleeping most if not all night in his bed.

Will decided to check out the underside of the bed after they were put together. He was all the way underneath and Tyler was amused. Tyler has not decided to try the same move. Saturday night they got up around 10 pm turned on the light got in Will's bed to read books. They also decided to turn off the monitor. They were not happy when dad told them they had to go to sleep. They have turned on the lights and read one other night. They seem to be adjusting to their big boy beds.