Pediatrician/Dietician
appointment
On August 28th 2019, Vincent had two
appointments. The plan was his closing appointment with the pediatrician and
dietician. I knew there was a good
chance it wouldn’t be the last appointment with the pediatrician, however I
wasn’t ready for all the information. Nothing bad happened, it was just a lot of
information. Thankfully, I had my mother
in law come to help out with Vincent.
To start, Vincent weighs 30 pounds 4 ounces. He is 84 cm
long.
Pediatrician
Vincent is 20 months old. At this point, he should be
walking. This is something he doesn’t do
on his own yet. It’s been about two
weeks that he has been pushing anything around in order to walk. His favourite
items to walk with are his walker, stroller bike, and umbrella bike stroller. While walking, you do notice that his feet
point towards the outside. After
walking while holding the pediatrician’s hands, she decided it would be best to
send a referral to CHEO (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario). Because the wait is most likely really long
and we have private insurance through Pat’s work we will start private physiotherapy. The pediatrician advised me that Vincent will
most likely be walking by the time the CHEO appointment happens.
Vincent is right on track when it comes to talking. He can
easily put two to three words together. He does get English and French mixed up
but that is normal.
Vincent has been getting hearing tests every six months. The last hearing test was at the beginning of
June. I didn’t get to write the blog about it because we were in the process of
moving. He hasn’t fully passed one test,
but they confirmed he can hear. The reason he is not passing, is that he doesn’t
understand the part of the test where they put probes in his ears. He does well when it’s a hearing test without
probes. He can hear very well. The only
thing that worries the audiologist is they can’t pin point if he hears well in both
ears or is it one ear that does most work.
The audiologist team also wonder if the reason he doesn’t hear very well
is because he has a lot of congestion in his ears. This is the info needed for the next part of
the pediatrician appointment.
Vincent is being sent to an ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat)
specialist. There are multiple reasons
and this paragraph will explain it. The first is to make sure his ears are okay
and that there is nothing blocking the hearing.
We know from his second hearing test at 12 months old that his bones in
his ears are formed perfectly for hearing.
Vincent also snores really loud and breathes through his mouth like Pat. The pediatrician wants to make sure that his adenoids
and tonsils aren’t too big. They rather remove them if needed at a young age.
This might in time help with his snoring.
Also when he wakes up he has a huge drool spot. To help move things along with the ENT,
Vincent is prescribed Nasonex. That is
the first step they will do to make sure it’s not his sinuses causing all the
problems. Therefore, for the next eight weeks,
Vincent will be having Nasonex in his two nostrils once a day. The first dose was very easy to do. Let’s hope it continues.
Dietician
The dietician was very happy with Vincent’s progress. The only thing needed is to add one cup of cow
milk throughout the day. Also start Vitamin D drops in the fall. She will keep his file open for a year but no
need for another appointment unless required.
