PAT visit...finally

We hadn't had a visit from Dacia (our PAT lady) in about 4 months! Our schedules kept conflicting, then visits were cancelled because Jack was either sick or the weather was nasty! But Dacia finally made it over last Thursday! Since she hadn't seen Jack in so long this visit consisted of a screening of Jack's skills! This one was a little different then the past screenings because Jack actually has to participate now, where before he was always too young and mainly she observed him and asked us questions BUT this time Jack had to do and say and react to the questions she asked!

I was thrilled because I always love getting progress reports on how he is developing! All in all Jack cooperated quite well, I was surprised! But he likes Dacia so I think that helps and he is somewhat familiar with her (even though it had been a long time since he had last seen her). She asked him tons of questions, asked me questions, asked him to do things, etc. She had a piece of paper with 5 different things on it - A dog, a cat, a horse, a man, and a bird....Jack knew everything but the horse (I'm having trouble deciding if it's a horse or a pony...as in what I call it when speaking to him). He also showed her his eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair, tummy, pee-pee, and pooper! Haha! There was lots more involved, but those are the biggies. He is saying plenty of 2 word phrases and starting with 3 word phrases which is great especially since he was supposedly having such a hard time hearing us before his tubes.

Jack has also started helping with chores around the house, he knows where to put his laundry away at in his room, he throws his diapers in the trash, he puts our shoes and dirty clothes away (after he pulls them all out of the closet or hamper), things like this - he has even helped take out the trash a few times!

The things we are focused on next is jumping up and then jumping over something, learning colors, and putting on our clothes! Seems like a good list to me!

We have his 2 week follow-up appointment with Dr. Baker this afternoon. Dacia said that if they don't do a hearing screening then she can set us up with a free screening at Greenbush - just to make sure Jack didn't have any "permanent" hearing loss/damage prior to getting his tubes put in! I'll keep you posted!