Thursday, May 15, 2008

UW High Risk Infant Clinic Followup

I need to charge the battery in my camera so no photos. Yesterday we went the the University of Washington High Risk Infant Clinic for Reese's 12 month corrected age appointment. My due date was the first week of May so from the moment of conception he is now as old as a full term 12 month old and hopefully should have developed as such.
We saw a developmental pediatrician who determined Reese's reflexes, muscle development and coordination were normal. He has not gained any weight since his mid-April appointment which concerned them. He was about -3% on the regular growth chart but he maintained a consistent RATE of growth (smooth arc on the graph) so the pediatrician was satisfied with his growth. Compared to other 29 weekers he was at about 25% now he is only 5%. But the point is he should not plateau, so a nutritionist will call us in the next few days with some suggestions to eliminate wasted calories like juice and get good high calorie choices like...?..we'll see what she has to say.
We also saw an audiologist. They test the function of the ear drum. And it is working as it should, so we do not need another hearing test unless we think something is amiss. We feel he hears just fine. He also ignores just fine.
We took a lunch break at 12:30 (we started at 10:45 am) where Reese sucked threw a straw for the first time. He sucked so much and Daddy wasn't expecting it that most of the liquid fell out of his mouth. Which was fine since it was Satan's juice a.k.a. Coca Cola.
Then we saw a pediatric psychologist who did a variety of games and play-like tests to determine he is at about an 11 month level which still falls within normal because there is a fairly large range of "normal" like walking can happen typically from 9-15 months and be "normal."
SO the results are that Reese is blissfully average....except he stopped gaining weight so we decided to check and see if Ben and Jerry's at Gig Harbor Uptown opened AND it was friends and family night: $1 cone, $1 milk shake. So we spent $2 on $8.95 worth of treats and Reese furiously practiced his new straw sucking skill and inhaled a good portion of Daddy's Phish Food shake.
I am charging the battery and will post photos in time for Reese's 15 month birthday tomorrow.

1 comment:

The White House said...

nice work Reese! Great to hear everything is just going swell!