June
2008
3-Year Check Up
The boys had their 3-year check up on Monday. The Dr. gave them a thumbs up. Here are the details of the visit.
Drew: 29.3lbs, 36 1/4 ” (25% height and weight)
Bran: 32.5 lbs, 37 1/2″ (50% height and weight)
Bran’s head circumference is now the same as Drew’s so now there’s no more concern about the small head.
Doctor Baxter was very pleased with their language development from where they were a year ago.
Drew will see an Occupational Therapist in the Fall to assess his sensitivity issues. He’s very sensitive to temperature, sun, materials, etc. Then when we know what’s causing him the most trouble we can work on exposing him to those things slowly until he develops a tolerance for them.
Both boys will also have their hearing checked in the fall. We have some concern that Bran might not be hearing well. But it could also just be that he’s a super distracted little boy. A characteristic that happens to run in the family. 
He tends to have trouble paying attention or hearing when there are distractions around and we have to stop him, get his attention and then talk to him. They should have a hearing test anyway before they go to Kindergarten so now is as good a time as any and we’ll get them both checked.
The boys did great during their check up, allowing the doctor to listen to their hearts, looking in their ears, etc. The part they hated the most was standing on the scale. Go figure. The bus had to get weighed first, then Bran would go.
She didn’t have anything enlightening to say about bedtime. It seems we’re doing the right things, we just have to keep plugging along. So plugging along we’ll do.
