Have a drink Elmo…
Kellar was reevaluated today by ECI, I am no longer getting OT through them but I really do like our service coordinator so she is going to continue to see Kellar and give me some ideas and suggestions on things. Patsy and Kelli ( she was the ST that came out when Kellar was just fresh out of the NICU. ) asked me all sorts of questions, what is Kellar doing, what is he saying etc. Kelli was very impressed with Kellars speech, she asked if he says no to which he replied “nooooo” it was really cute. She also felt Kellars cognitive thinking is really good, he goes and gets his diapers when asked ( though I may have to ask 5 times, he knows but he’s stubborn ) he will bring his bottle, binky, shoes, shirt and books if asked ( again it may take several trys but he does do it ). Gross motor is an area that Kellar is still falling behind in, they said it’s not a significant delay, in fact if they still adjusted I’m sure he’d be pretty close if not completely on track, that is just my guess though I’ll know more when I get the report from them. I think a lot of the things are just things that I have not pushed with him, like feeding himself with a spoon, to be honest with you it’s much easier for me to either give him things that he can pick up or just let me feed him with utensils. I know I have got to start allowing him to feed himself, but darn the mess that it makes. One of the questions was can he string beads, I don’t know if I could get him to sit still long enough to attempt this. He doesn’t kick a ball yet, again my house isn’t that big, so honestly there is no ball kicking or throwing in here, the weather here hasn’t been nice enough to really get him out, or if it has been nice outside we are stuck inside with a cough and runny nose. I am very impressed with Kellars progress, he has come so far, he’s walking, he’s starting to talk, he is getting better at following directions and he’s so stinking cute on top of all that! They were asking if he drinks out of a cup, I haven’t even attempted this with him either, in the tub he takes a cup and he bout drowns himself with bath water so I’m a little on the uneasy side, but he can suck the bottom out of a sippy cup. He even turned his sippy cup around and was trying to give Kelli a drink, then he went to his Elmo chair and put the spout to it’s mouth trying to share with Elmo, it was hilarious. Adorable and thoughtful,what more could I ask for?
Happy Birthday to Me..( mommy that is..)
Yes yes today is my birthday, I won’t share how old I am though! I took Kellar for a follow up eye appt this afternoon, dr said that everything looks perfect, keep him in the glass as much as possible and we’ll see him back in 4 months. We did discuss Kellars sensitivity to light, it seems pretty bad to me but he said we’ll keep a eye on it. He said there are somethings that could cause it but he doesn’t see any of those signs in Kellars eyes. It’s so nice to always be worrying, love it love it…NOT. My mom and dad took us out to eat tonight for my birthday, TaMollys was yummy, don’t know how well it’s agreeing with Kellar though.
WoWzA…
It is 10:00 pm and Kellar is sound asleep. This is very exciting news, not saying that it’s going to be something that repeats itself tomorrow night, though it would be awful nice. My kid usually is going strong after midnight. ( Tami maybe I should just bring Kellar to your house and we’ll just let the kids run wild until they decide they want to go to sleep ). I know we really need to get him on a better sleep schedule, but how? He used to sleep so well, we would have him in bed at least by 9 pm on a good night, then it seems like when we had the time change it all went down hill and we haven’t been able to climb back up that hill yet. I guess I could always start waking him up by at least 8:30 am and then try putting him down for a nap after noon sometime, but generally he is going strong at that time, and by about 4 pm he has ran out of gas and is ready to lay down, problem there is he sleeps till 6 or so and then he’s fully charged. So what did we do today? He had therapy this morning, we went and ran a few errands, he tried to fall asleep but I had to wake him to go to the grocery store, we left there and I went through and got him some lunch, came home and fed him, attempted to get him to sleep, ha that 10 minute power nap was all he needed. I took him to his MeMe’s about 5 or so and the kids ran him ragged, he had a blast. His Brookie-Poo came in and he ran right up to her and hugged her leg ( did I mention how much he loves you Brookie? ) and they went into the playroom, I could tell he had started to lose his juice. We came home and his eyelids were heavy, Joey kept waking him up so we could feed him before he crashed. He crawled in his ELMO chair and I looked over at him and he was passed out, ohhhh no you don’t buddy boy. Woke him up, fed him and he sort of had me worried that he was going to be roaring and ready to go, but…..Bottle, binky and laying in mommy and daddys bed was all it took…and he’s out!!!!
Ramblings on work and attatchment issues…
Recently there have been discussions on going back to work when you have a preemie? I know I know that eventually your preemie will hopefully outgrow “preemie status” and eventually they should lose that title, although I feel that the true fighters they are if they want to keep that title then so be it. But back to the point…There are several moms whose little ones have numerous therapies a week, well some have numerous ones a day, for Kellar and I we are very fortunate, we have ST 2x a week ( 30 minute sessions ) and PT 2x a week ( 30 minute sessions ) so really that’s not that bad compared to some, but how “flexible” would a job really be with missing you might as well say 2 hours a day 2x a week, not to mention our numerous trips to the dr ( hopefully when spring rolls around we’ll leave the snot and coughing behind ). I may be wrong but I don’t think it would go over to well. Before I had Kellar I kept kids w/my mother ( my wonderful gracious mother might I add ) and I can go back to doing this, but I’ll be honest with you self employment taxes are a nightmare, it would help us tremendously if I had my own ins and I could get off Joeys. Sure I could work nights, but in all honesty I don’t want to leave my baby ( yes I know he’s not a baby anymore but he will always be my “baby” ) I don’t want to not be here if he wakes up in the middle of the night, I don’t want to have to leave him at daycare during the day while I work, I know my mom would be great with him, papaw would be home after every job he does to play with “booger reid” but I can’t stand the thought of being away from him. I mean for goodness sake he is going to be 2 in April and he has never spent the night away from me ( Joey had to leave to go out of town for work so he has been away but not really by his choice he has stayed away from Kellar ) and I can’t stand to go anywhere without my child. There is no “date” nights for Joey and I, if we can’t take Kellar with us we don’t go, or maybe we feel we don’t need to go anywhere we can’t take Kellar? No I think it is we both can’t stand to be away from him! Vacations? What are those? The closest thing we have had to a vacation is going to Dallas for appt’s, or wait maybe it was when we went and stayed overnight in Shreveport when Kellar had his eye surgery. It just doesn’t happen!!! The few times that we have went to watch NASCAR and he stayed with MeMe and Papaw I called every hour to check on him, couldn’t get home fast enough to get him and go home ( no he didn’t stay overnight as soon as we made it in to town he came home with us ). I’m sure eventually I’ll give in and let him stay away from home, but right now I have seperation anxiety issues, isn’t it the child who normally has this?
Oooooh Weeeee!!!!
It’s NASCAR time again, and we are really excited. Can’t wait to see how well JR is going to do, looks like he’s off to a pretty good start already, wasn’t to excited about Sundays winner though. I am in the process of finding Kellar a 88 hat, we have the 8 hat but it’s time to retire it. Kellar is also a Jimmie Johnson fan, now that he and JR are on the same team he doesn’t have to decide who to root for that day, he’ll take a Hendricks win and be happy.
Who knows maybe my lil Bear will one day be a race car driver, he loves to sit in his ELMO chair or in our laps and watch the race!!! We may need to invest in one of the “kid driveable” race cars, it would look quite cute parked next to his hummer, don’t cha think?