When I first stated this blog, I was trying to post every day or every couple of days. Then I realized that the posts were sometimes really short, so I switched over to weekly posts. Sometimes even those seem a bit short. I ended up not posting anything last week…
James had a minor illness on the 31st, with a little bit of a fever, and some yellow “gunk” as Stacy calls it coming out of his nose. We gave him some Tylenol, kept up with the suctioning, and kept an eye on the fever. The next morning when he…
When you become a member of the special needs community, sooner or later you learn that any adaptive equipment is expensive. We’ve been pretty fortunate so far that most things that James has to make his life more manageable or that has kept him alive has be provided through insurance,…
James had his first dental visit on Thursday. The dentist said that his teeth look good and that there was no need to clean them. He was actually surprised at how good they look because sometimes kids who don’t use their teeth develop a lot of buildup. The dentist recommended…
When James got his first stander last week, Stacy took a couple of pics as the tech was getting it adjusted with James in it. Since those pics weren’t the greatest, I promised we would get better pics next time he was in it. In addition to a better pic,…
James had a pretty busy day yesterday. Mommy had him working on pushing up and lifting his head. She had to hold his head, but he is definitely trying to push himself up. https://youtu.be/kQhG2Ygabsw Back in October James got a Wombat chair from our local durable medical…
Stacy’s parents gave James a Christmas present a few days early and we decided to try it out tonight. It’s a Water Way Babies neck flotation ring. It’s an inflatable ring that fits around James’ neck and holds his head above water. Since he is unable to hold his head…