Checkups with UW and Children's

Mom and I took Brant to UW Medical Center for his latest development check-upon the 21st. It went really well. We first met with Development Pediatrics. The only thing they wanted us to work on is his speech. They told us that he should have a few words by now. I wasn't concerned by it though, he jabbers a lot so I'm sure it'll just come with time. They said to read to him more so we are doing that.

We next met with Audiology. They stuck Brant and I along with a medical student into a sound proof little room. She stuck me and Brant in front of mirror and on either side of us were speakers and then 2 blacked out boxes on each side. Inside the boxes were light up toys that made sound that were controlled by remote. The medical student had headphones on that the audiologist was giving her instructions through. She would get his attention in the center and when he looked whichever way the sound was coming from they would activate the toy in the box on that side. I always wondered how they checked hearing in little ones.

He passed with flying colors in the audiology department. After that we had an hour lunch/nap time break. Brant wouldn't go to sleep so we went up to the NICU for a visit. One of our friends sister has twins in the NICU right now and she was there that day so we got to visit with her for a while and also got to see a couple of Brants nurses and his physical therapist which was great. We learned that a couple of our favorite nurses he had aren't at UW anymore which was a little disappointing since we haven't seen them since we left.

Brant and I headed to Children's on the 29th. I was a little nervous about taking him down by myself... he doesn't do too well in the car. I think he gets bored and when he gets bored he gets crabby but he did great. We met with pulmonology and they did an evaluation and it went great! They graduated him from the clinic and won't need to see him unless we feel like there is an issue they should be aware of. She did say he is at high risk for asthma so we will need to watch that carefully.