9 1/2 months old

Ian's hearing test follow-up

I took Ian to the Audiologist for a follow up due to failing his hearing screen in the nicu. He has great hearing in the right ear but has 50% hearing loss in the left ear :( They will now monitor him to make sure it doesn't affect his speech, and monitor for fluid in the middle ears so that his good ear doesn't sound muffled and affect him. The audiologist said that it's a good thing to know so that when he's older, we know to focus more on his good side for classrooms, etc. Anyhow, we just monitor every 3 months for now, and when he gets older, they can test him better to see what he actually understands vs hearing from the left ear.

Finally an update :)

Our internet has been messed up for a few weeks so i have been unable to update here. Ian has been doing really well. We noticed his eyes crossing occasionally and the right eye turning inward alot, so I took him to the eye dr and it ends up he is farsighted and needs glasses. He's doing soooo much better with his glasses now! But boy is it a struggle to keep them on his eyes lol. He prefers to use them as a chew toy or a necklace lol. He's getting close to 12lbs now and is 24in long. He's growing so much! He's making alot of noises these days which is cute. He started to roll over from tummy to back a few days ago and today he rolled from his back to his tummy. He also started raising his head and shoulders off of the floor when on his tummy and will put his legs down to stand when held up. These are all new things for him within the past week. Here are a few newer pics of him.