Last Mapping for North Carolina

We had our last mapping (last week) in Durham and it went well.  "Well" meaning that we managed to get a twenty minute booth test on his right ear.  Bud actually did the behavioral test by placing puzzle pieces up to his ear and putting them back into their slot every time he heard the sound being played.  However, the puzzles were the only thing that he wanted to play with, and after that twenty minute span, he was done and there was no getting any testing done out of the left ear.  That's okay, since that was the first time that he cooperated for that long.  Also, I really wanted to know how he would respond with his right ear anyway, since he always turns towards his left side during our Ling 6 sound checks.  It doesn't matter if you are coming from behind him on his right side, if you make a sound, he turns to his left.  Nobody can help me out with an explanation for that one, but we have noticed that he may be left handed as that is his predominant hand that he uses for a lot of activities.

Bud was scoring in the 20 db range again, so we are excited about that, and even more excited about how many new words he uses every day.  I wish I could give you the number of just how many words he has now, but I have been a huge slacker lately with all of the house searches with our impending move late next month on top of a whole lot of other stuff, that I just haven't done it yet.

We still have not quite reached the two word stage yet, but it is so close.  Every now and then he will say "Eat Lunch," but it's  infrequent.  We also still have not been able to get into occupational therapy. Even with insurance approved we are on a lengthy waiting list and I'm really not sure if we will be able to get an initial evaluation before we move to Maryland.  I seriously had no idea that in our relatively tiny town that there are that many kids who need OT?

Anyway, we are making progress, and Bud started back with his preschool last week for the July summer session, but it gives me time to work on house searches along with lining up new doctors, etc.( I won't even get started on everything I have to do).  But I have to admit, as much fun as he has at school, he definitely gets a lot more "froggy" with his behavior. 

I am hoping to do a better job with keeping up with this blog.  I have pretty much been sucking at it lately and I apologize, but life has been getting in the way.  And Pinterest.  Yes, I will fess up and say that some days, I could update this blog, but the lure of Pinterest and all of the offerings that she holds grips my very soul.  That and the fact that I am actually attempting a lot of the projects I've pinned.  But for the most part, I have been on the phone with realtors most of this week and doing neighborhood searches, you name it.  And I think it has all numbed my brain somewhat.  But I resolve to keep at this blog.  I started this life project primarily to help others going through the same thing with their children.  It's what got our family through the last two years, and I feel as if I need to lend support to other families.   And as far as all the rest of the craziness around here goes, it will all work out, it will all get done, and if something falls through the cracks, well, it should have tried harder to get my attention in the first place.