Developmental delay

So, about a month ago I realized that Luke's a little behind developmentally. I was reading one of those websites about "Your baby should be doing x at y months" and realized Luke really wasn't doing any of it. My suspicions were confirmed at his 9-month visit, but the delays aren't enough that Dr. K was concerned enough to recommend immediate intervention. He offered a developmental pediatrician referral but said he was fine just waiting until his 12-month checkup and seeing where he was then. I decided to contact the Follow-Along Program through the Department of Health, where they send you developmental questionnaires at regular intervals, you fill them out and send them back, and they score them and let you know if they think anything needs further evaluation. So last week I filled out the 10-month questionnaire, and lo and behold I got a call last night that there's enough delay in Luke's gross motor and language that the coordinator wants to present his case to the FAP committee (made up of someone from the school district, Head Start, County Health, and a few other places) and see what kind of intervention is recommended. He can't sit unassisted, can't creep, can't crawl, can't/won't bear weight on his legs, doesn't wave bye-bye, and some other stuff that I don't notice as being behind but obviously are. So, June 1st I'm going to sit in on the committee meeting and see what's recommended for the babe. It could be as little as someone from the school district coming out, checking him out, and giving us some ideas to try, or it could be as much as a formal evaluation through the health department or Mayo. We shall see.

Not Me! Monday

After borrowing the book Twilight from my sister because I was out of things to read, I most certainly did not devour that book and finish the entire series in 8 days (that's 2560 pages, yo).

I also most certainly do not have a mad crush on Edward Cullen. That's so 7th grade.

I did NOT go all weekend without showering. Ew, gross, who does that?

I also didn't let Adam go without a bath for longer than usual because I knew Grandma would do it when we got to her house. I don't foist my parenting responsibilities on other people!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

So in a round-about way I came across this blog a while back, and immediately added it to my blogger list so I could keep up on Baby Stellan. Well, once all the medical drama started settling down, MckMama reinstituted her Not Me! Monday tradition - every Monday she goes through what she didn't do the previous week. Hilarious! And I'm stealing it! Okay, not really stealing it, since she encourages everyone else to do it, but anyway...

*I did not let Adam eat goldfish crackers in bed last night
*I did not put dirty socks on him this morning because he didn't have any clean ones
*I also did not let him play outside alone in the neighbor's sand box yesterday while I read a book
*And I did not just use woot.com to send my mother-in-law flowers for Mother's Day.