2 Years Adjusted!!!

So today is Zach's 2 year Adjusted birthday! Basically meaning that 2 yrs ago today was his due date. And i must say that this day this year is a much happier day than it was last year! Last year i was still so wrapped up in him making his developmental goals... I thought for sure he would be starting to catch up by his 1 yr adj bday, and when that day came and he was still so far behind, it was a really hard thing for me to cope with.

However because of that (and because of my amazing husband who always is so laid back with this, it has helped me to ease off of it as well) i have learned to just go with it, if he hasn't hit his milestone by his adjusted birthday then oh well.. as long as he is making progress :) And that has helped a lot over the last year. And now, i am happy to report he is caught up to where he should be for his adjusted age!! Its such an exciting thing, and it has been such an amazement to watch over the last 2 years where he started off so far behind, and to see him catching up to other kids his age, it really just touches my heart.

In other exciting news Zach has a busy week this week. He has his physical therapy re-evaluation Wed afternoon, so we will know better after that where he is falling in with his development. Then Thursday he has an appt with a Vocal Chord Specialist. Basically just to follow up on his paralyzed vocal chord, and make sure it isn't hindering any sort of oral development. Also they want to make sure food isn't getting caught up on top of it, since it doesn't move at all. Then on Friday Zach is (finally!) getting his Brain MRI done. His Pediatrician and his Neurologist have been wanting to do this for a long time, but he was on oxygen and then they decided to wait until he was 2 to do it. For that basically they are looking to follow-up on his brain bleeds he had when he was born (Level 2 IVH), and also to check and see if there are any remnants of the "possible" stroke he had when he was so very sick in the NICU. Basically its just a looksie, see whats going on in there and see if anything looks worrisome. When Zach say his Neurologist last Friday she didn't seem too worried that they would find anything bad because he isn't showing any signs at all of having problems resulting from the brain bleeds. Now there are certain things that wont show up until he is in school, such as learning disabilities, ADD, ADHD and all sorts of other things, that could be as a result from it. SO basically like everything else related to Zach's health, we'll have to wait it out and see :)

On another exciting note, we are going to attempt full-blown potty-training this weekend. All weekend long this past weekend Zach would follow me into the bathroom every time i went and go over to his potty and sit on it. And he went pee-pee this weekend in his potty after his nap! And he has started again to wake up from his naps and nighttime dry. SO we figure what the heck lets go for it. Whats the worst that can happen: it doesn't work... oh well! we'll try again later then!! SO wish us good luck with it!! it would be SO fun to have him potty trained!!