Thomas had a successful trip to the Babyonthemove store to look at different car seats. Thomas needs a car seat with lots of padding to support his head and body. He will need to remain rear facing perhaps up until 3-4 years old. This car seat that he will be getting is to see him through the next 6 -12 months. His needs will be re-assessed again after that. The winner today was the Evenflo. I’ve posted a link here so that you can check it out. Thomas seemed pretty comfy when in it. I liked it because of the extra padding and that the padding not only supports Thomas’ body but that it makes him feel more secure too. Thomas has been really good lately when traveling in the car because he has his favourite kitty cat toy that he loves to play with. He spends all his time either sucking on the cats tail or trying to get the tail into his mouth. It is so nice to see him independently doing this. I’m very proud of him.
Tail in position ready to be sucked on!
http://www.babyonthemove.co.nz/car-seat/toddler-car-seat/Evenflo-Platinum-Symphony-DLX
The other great news is that Thomas should be getting the car seat within the next month!!! Still no buggy but when we do get it I’ll be sure to add lots of pics. We have been told that his buggy that converts into a seating system has an attachment which means that Thomas can be sitting high at a table or lower to the ground.
Thomas’ vision teacher dropped off his resonance board today. Thomas has not used a resonance board much but over time he will build up his confidence. Link below about resonance boards. http://www.deafblindresources.org/article/resonanceboards.html
Thomas’ eczema is slowly clearing up. He has a skin test next week to check for any allergies. Joe and I are thinking maybe cows milk allergy? The reasons being that Joe had the same allergy when younger, Thomas threw up the formula he had and refused taking anymore, and when I have anything too creamy his skin seems to flare up. I’ve since cut out creamy foods out of my diet.
His ophthalmology appointment showed no changes in his eyes. He does have a left eye misalignment but fixing this with surgery would be for purely cosmetic purposes to make the eyes look aligned. We are comfortable with the way Thomas is. Yes, his eyes are sometimes a little wonky and uncoordinated at times but that’s because his brain isn’t communicating properly with his eyes. His eyes are healthy so we will leave them be for now. The ophthalmologist suggested we look at trying glasses in a year or so to rule out refractive errors but otherwise we won’t see him for another year.
We have been given the same brand of bottle (Dr Browns) to trial from Thomas’ SLT but the teat is different. We are going to see if it is the flow of the teat that is causing difficulties for Thomas. She has given us a premmie teat which has the slowest flow. The task now is to trial both bottles and see which one Thomas prefers. Thomas continues to enjoy (most of the time) eating solids. He has shown a preference for sweet potato, carrot, pumpkin, pears, and fruit salad.
Lastly, Joe and I finally got around to advertising for respite care. Now we must wait and see who is interested in applying!
Minding Thomas 