A big brag post!

Brody has had a busy and very productive week! We were out of school Monday and Tuesday because of the cold weather, so I was able to have an extended winter break to cuddle with my little man some more. I was also able to go to a few appointments and therapy sessions with him.

 

Monday, we saw Dr. John Franklin, the ophthalmologist. Brody did great other than letting them put the drops in to dilate his eyes. He quickly recovered when he saw the play room had a kitchen (his favorite)!

 

 

Dr. Franklin took a lot of time to talk to us and look at Brody's retinas. He said if he didn't know Brody had a diagnosis, he wouldn't see anything abnormal with his eyes. He was trying to convince himself he was seeing a waxy layer on the retina that is seen with RP (the vision loss that is associated with Ushers). However, he couldn't see anything yet. Dr. Franklin said everything looks great still and from what we were reporting to him, he is pretty certain that Brody's vision is still wonderful!

 

 

We were going every 6 months for a check up. Dr. Franklin felt that we could start coming every 9 months now unless we see a problem. So overall, a great report!

 

Monday afternoon, Brody had a joint therapy session with Ms. Paula (his deaf education teacher) and Ms. Mary (his Vision Impaired teacher). Brody was showing off for them! He was talking and pointing to his ear when he heard things. He doesn't get to see Ms. Mary much since vision isn't a big concern right now. He really enjoys her though!

 

On Tuesday, I got to take Brody to his listening therapy with Ms. Shelby in Lexington. He did much better than he did last time I tagged along. Last time, he whined the whole time. This time, he did everything Ms. Shelby wanted him to do. She wants us to start singing more songs and rhymes with him. Brody is starting to like music. He will dance when he hears it now (which means he IS hearing it)!

 

Wednesday, Brody saw Ms. Arlene, his OT. She was very pleased with his progress. She hasn't seen him for a few weeks. Apparently he worked well for her, but refused to do some things. He is starting to become very stubborn! I hope this isn't the beginning of those dreaded "terrible twos!"

 

 

Thursday, he saw Ms. Pat, his PT. She was also pleased with Brody's walking. He is still only walking back and forth between people. He is starting to go between us and his car, kitchen, or couch. I bet it will just be a few more weeks until we are chasing him around!

 

Ms. Pat was not happy with the shoes we got for his braces. She said that whoever had fitted the shoes didn't do a good job and they were big which is probably why he was walking funny when he was wearing them. Grandma took them back today and the store didn't give her any problems with exchanging them. Now they fit much better!

 

Ms. Kristie came in the afternoon. You can see some of her session below.

 

 

 

Today, Brody went to his VIPS playgroup. My mom said he was playing with some of the kids. Usually he sits back and watches them, but he was engaging with them and playing along side.

 

Brody has become super vocal over the last week. He has 5 words now (hi, bye, hot, uh oh, go). None of his words, other the hi, have all of the sounds, but in context you know what he is saying. He has also started praying now. :)

He is starting to do the motions to some children's songs. I got some of them on video. He started being silly in them, so they are a little long. I tried doing them without doing the motions...and Brody started doing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and the baby part in "The Wheels On the Bus." That means he's connecting speech and the song tunes!! Woohoo!! But of course I didn't get that part on video!

 

 

 

Grammy and Papa Tom are coming to visit tomorrow! Brody is excited!

 

And I liked this and wanted to share!

 

 

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