Everything is about having a good time. Lincoln just LOVES playing, relaxing in his new chair watching his favourite cartoons, giggling, and he loves to eat! He has mastered many skills I didnt even think were possible at his age. He has started to whistle - for real. Today he started whistling when I did, which is very impressive! He has also learned all of the animals, and some of the animal sounds. We got him a barn for christmas (early i know) which came with a bunch of animals and he LOVES playing with it! He is officially drug free for about a month now...(and by drug free I mean he is no longer on asprin for a blood thinner). But since being off of asprin, he has gotten an ear ache in both ears (at the same time :( ) and a sore throat. The sore throat seems to have cleared, but the ear infections seem to be having a harder time healing, so he is now on a month long of antibiotics in the hopes that the pinkness in his middle ear will disappear - seeing as his ear infection was about a month ago. If not, we will be referred to an ENT Dr. (ear nose throat) to see if he needs to have tubes put in in replace of his own tubes - which are very narrow because he has Down Syndrome. We had our first visit with the occupational therapist (who looks at fine motor skills), and she says that Lincoln is right on track for any child at his age - which is amazing... making me beleive more and more that his case is just mild!!
I am 1/2 way through my pregnancy already, time sure seems to be flying by - which is great because we cant wait to meet Lincolns little brother!!! He was so excited and gave me a high five when I told him. I think he might have a clear idea that there is something going on, even though my belly bump isnt too big. When we go to our friends place, who have a baby, i point out the baby, and say tickle the baby, and he scoots over and tickles the baby. When we are home, i tell him to tickle the baby, and he scoots over to me and tickles my tummy, which is cute!! He is starting to understand so much more - almost anything i say really, but whether he listens or not is another story - i think the terrible 2's have started early :P We start our speech sessions again on the 3rd of December. The speech therapist was pretty excited to learn the Lincoln has started pointing. He points to everything like he really wants to know what it is!! As far as his walking - well, i still think its just around the corner. He is so close!! he will stand all day holding on to things, and i think if my house was FULL of furnature, he would walk all day too... but its not. He has mastered walking behind his *walking* toys, so we have a few of them around for him to cruise around with.
We go back to sick kids on Jan. 07 for another echo, which i'm pretty sure will be nothing but the same good news!! I just find it amazing every day how much there is available to us, free of charge. All of the therapists that are working with us are great, and Lincoln loves them all, and they really give us good ideas on how to do the activities at home - in a fun way!!
