Well, I can tell by the number of comments on my last post that people are holding their breath waiting for this update! A big shout out to Meredith who left me a note...thank you!
Everything went great with the surgery. Nothing but funky scar tissue in my ureter making x-rays look weird. So the stent is gone and I'm done. I took yesterday off as well and I think had some kind of delayed anesthesia effect because I slept from 8:30 a.m. to noon, went potty, and then slept until 5 p.m. I didn't even wake up to eat. I made up for it last night when I was up until 1:30 a.m., but I had enough in reserve that I feel refreshed today.
We've decided to take a break from the Bubba-sleeping-in-his-own-bed issue. Last night, J. had a migraine, so I took over Bubba duty and when he woke up at 1:30 a.m. he came into bed with me. It was quite nice. He snuggled in to the bed and then turned his sleepy face toward mine and said "green horse." "Are you dreaming about a green horse?" I asked him. "Yeah," he said. "Ma and Pa on green horse." That would be me and my dad, whom Bubba calls "Pa." Then he fell back asleep until 5:30, at which point we both got up and started the day.
My latest Bubba concern, other than the sleeping, is his speech. He is still largely unintelligible to people other than J., me, and my mother. Some examples would be: he says "waar" for "water"; "beesh" for "fish"; "puh-ee" for "puppy"; "kee" for "kitty"; "meh" for "milk"; "i kee ko" for "ice cream cone"; "meese" for "please" and "tenkoo" for "thank you." No matter how much we try to enunciate for him and have him try to repeat after us, he doesn't seem able to make the sounds correctly.
I asked my mom what she thought and she said "I think he's just going to do things on his own timetable." When I pressed her, she said that yes, in her experience, most two-year-olds are more intelligible than Bubba is. I wonder if I should just relax about it and see what happens over the next six months, or try to get him assessed right now. I don't want to be one of those neurotic mothers who sends her kid to a specialist every other week for something new; but I also don't want him to suffer or fall behind because I wasn't proactive enough. I have to admit that sometimes it bothers me that it seems to take Bubba a long time to master skills. I don't feel like he is slow; in fact, I feel like he is very intelligent in his own, eclectic way but that it doesn't often translate into the traditional "milestones" we all look for. It makes me concerned that he will have a hard time keeping up with his peers or succeeding in school.
It doesn't help that I work with The Bragger, and our sons go to the same daycare in our building. Her son, "Nigel," is two months older than Bubba. He's emotionally stunted, yes, but speaks like he just graduated from Oxford. I know it's true, because I've actually spoken to him. He says things like "We're going to go see Daddy. We're going to ride the bus across the river and see Daddy at work." I'm not kidding. And it's all completely intelligible.
In other news, I just had a delightful visit from my neice, A., who stopped by my office. She just finished her first semester of college here in the town where we live. It has been so nice having her here. She parks her car at our place, so during the week and some weekends I have the luxury of driving it around to do errands or get to work when I'm too lazy to take the bus. I brought it to work today and she came by to pick it up. She comes over for laundry or dinner and has been a really great resource for babysitting. She's going to be back in our hometown for a whole month! I'm going to miss her. I can't believe she is in college. I remember helping potty-train her when she was Bubba's age, and now she's so grown up. She is so beautiful, and even better, humorous, funny, intelligent, self-effacing, polite and kind. I love her so much.
So...that's my Friday so far. Stop by and say hi, don't be shy!
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For Bubba's speech - don't worry about it too much yet. It's good that you are aware of it, but boys' speech usually develops slower than girls, and also he's still pretty young. You can ask your doctor or his teachers, and maybe give him another year. When I was a nanny, the little girl had some speech problems and went to speech therapy (which was really playing for her) when she was about 3 1/2.
The important thing is that he IS talking and communicating. I agree that you should be proactive, but as long as you are addressing it before he's in kindergarten, I think you're ahead of most people, who wait for the public schools to address their kids' problems. Also, I've found that a lot of specialists can give you advice, but are reluctant to start working with kids under age 3 since there is such a spectrum of development.
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