ABRS update

Thursday morning Preston had his BRS test done. We had sleep deprivation orders and had to keep him up until Midnight Wednesday and wake him up at 4am for the 8am appt. Mike took the midnight shift and I took the 4am shift. He really did well despite being tired (and hungry in the morning since he was being sedated-he could not eat after 2:30am) We got to the Speech and Language Clinic at 7:40 am....he was already getting cranky and we were just trying to get moving! The audiologist did a basic hearing test and then we proceeded downstairs to Radiology where we prepared for the ABRS (which is a glorified hearing test-they do this on newborns) they were testing 3 pitches and 3 tones. 4 adults had to hold him down to get that IV in. He was SO strong and SO mad and this mom was broken UP over seeing that! The audiologist couldn't' understand why we had been given sleep deprivation orders....ACK! So, that was incorrect but I had the paperwork in my purse and the original May appt. had required it as well. So for whatever reason it was not necessary. The ABRS test came back normal. We were happy but not surprised. Our speech pathologist will now take the audiogram that they got from that test and hopefully be able to find some reasons behind his major delays.

Today he saw two different dogs at 2 different times and pointed and said "Dah" each time. That's important because it shows generalization and that he can tell it's a dog even if it's not just the one type of dog he knows is a dog! Also, when Angie was here on wednesday he started singing "Neena. Neena". We knew immediately he was singing "Clean Up Clean up" and oh boy were we PROUD!!!!! It's his first time to try to sing something---except MAYBE a few months ago I think he may have tried to sing Old McDonald but it's been quite some time ago. Either way, it was GREAT accomplishment!!

The week of July 28-Aug 1

Carrie and LaQuita were both here this week. Angie is now coming every other week.
Both sessions went fairly well. Preston is a smart little bugger who seems to really know when the "play" that they are doing with him is truly "work"! LaQuita brought little and big trucks that were multi colored so we could work on little and big, as well as matching. His mimicking, once again was outstanding. His color matching not so much.

We're all ready for his big ABRS test on August 14th.
He will also have his annual review with Nikki to make sure he still qualifies for services through the county.

We have been singing Old McDonald a lot the last couple of days and he seems excited by it. Hopefully, it will jar him to join us or try to join us, soon. He is really communicating with us better and better-of course this does not mean he is talking. Mike's mom, Reba watched the boys this week and Preston locked himself in Mike's and my bedroom. She called me and I was at first trying to tell her how to jimmy the lock and then I just said "Yell through the door and ask him to open the door". She did. Then he opened it. That's a pretty big thing for us since his comprehension had been so low. It seems to increase nearly daily.

Scooping with Angie

Working on deep pressure sensory with Carrie