I's Stats

Here's what's new this week (14m 1w)


Physical
----not much new this week.  Isaiah is still working on pulling up.  He is making progress but still having trouble figuring the footing out.  He'll get there.  He is also still mostly belly crawling, but getting up on his hands and knees to crawl more and more.  We're getting there!

Speech
---- Our meaningful word count is at 3!  This is Isaiah's favorite toy, and the reason for Isaiah's latest new word "fish" (shhhh).  He has also FINALLY made a few of the mama noises, but it still doesn't seem to mean much.  Isaiah is also doing better with 'conversations'.  He seems to know exactly what he's saying, and isn't shy about saying it :)  His teacher came today and I teared up more than once while she was here from overwhelming pride in all he has accomplished this month!

Cognitive
-----nothing knew here, just more and more of those pretend phone conversations which is awesome.  His teacher was very impressed today!  The fact that she seemed just as proud of him as I was made me feel amazing!  We are very lucky to have a team that all seem to love him and genuinely care about his success.  I can't say I'm all that surprised though...To know Isaiah is to love him.

Feeding
----Just more of the same here too.  No major advancements since last week, but no setbacks either.  We met with the new OT (occupational therapist) this morning and after talking we both decided that now is just not the time to start.  While I am eager to get him every resource he needs as soon as we can, right now we need him to get calories, and the rest will have to wait until we are certain he is getting proper nutrition.  She is going to come back in a month or two and see how he is doing, and if he has started gaining weight again, we might talk about starting some regular OT then, or this might just be something we need to wait on for a bit.  


Other:  Isaiah is a bit of a jealous guy.  He has eyes for his momma and isn't too willing to share her affection ;)  Temper tantrums, screeching, hitting and pushing result when anyone gets too close to his most prized possession, and it's getting a bit out of control so we are going to focus on getting those behaviors taken care of.  I'm hoping this is a quick correction because... well...the kid is freaking adorable and it's just sooo hard to resist that charm.  The general consensus is that we are to ignore him until he stops the negative behaviors, and then engage him since telling him no only results in delightful giggles.  In theory it sounds easy, but the kid knows how to press buttons and pull heartstrings, so I know it will be hard to leave the little dude hanging when he seeks my undivided attention.