With the end of Logan's first birthday
here, I have been thinking about this last year quite a bit. I
remember the anticipation I felt as I waited out those last few weeks
of pregnancy. I remember my contractions getting regular late in the
evening and finally calling my mom to come stay with Jasmine. I
remember the joy we felt when we first saw him and held him. I
remember the worry we felt when he failed his newborn hearing
screening.
Waiting those weeks for the next
hearing test was torture. And when the audiologist confirmed that he
had significant hearing loss, I remember my world crashing down. I
wondered if I would ever hear him speak and what life would be like
for him. I am so happy to say that today, as a one year old, he says
mama, dada and hi consistently, and it is music to my ears!
I also remember the day when we went in
to get his first set of hearing aids. I can still see the smile on
his face when he actually heard us talk to him for the first time!
And now that he has tried out the hearing aids, gotten more powerful
hearing aids to try, and is scheduled to get his cochlear implants in
less than a month, I am so excited to see his reaction when they get
turned on.
I remember meeting his teachers (from
Sunshine Cottage and the Early Intervention program) and his
audiologist and feeling apprehensive and nervous about the process we
were going to be going through. But now these women are like our
extended family and we love them so much! I can't express how much
they have helped, not only Logan, but me as well.
When I took him to his 6 month checkup,
I shared my concern with his pediatrician about his upper body
strength. He just seemed too wobbly for his age. She agreed and
referred him for a physical therapy evaluation. It took a lot of
work to get him to sit up unassisted and I don't think he actually
did it consistently until he was 9 months old. But since he reached
that milestone he has been progressing at warp speed! In these 3
months, he started rolling to get everywhere, started doing a
commando crawl, transitioned to a traditional crawl and then a bear
crawl, and has been pulling up and cruising on anything and
everything he can get his hands on! He will be walking before we know
it.
This next year is going to be great for
him and our family!
