Alex had his two year Well Child Visit yesterday and he did great! He really loves our pediatrician and is so happy and cooperative when we go. He's 30 pounds and 35 inches tall and is doing fine. His ear tubes are still in, which is great news since they were put in last December! Developmentally he is doing fine, although he is a little behind in speech, which we already knew and he is doing weekly sessions with EI for that.
I also talked to the pediatrician about his sinus problems. I don't think I posted it, but we met with the ENT last week, and he said that Alex's sinuses look fine and wants us to go get another x-ray done to check his adenoids. I think he is grasping at straws now for three reasons: He didn't even check Alex out physically during the appt, Alex doesn't have any other symptoms of enlarged adenoids, and several months ago he told us that if his adenoids were a problem it would bother him to suck on a pacifier. So anyway, I went over all of this with the pediatrician, and told him I didn't want to do anymore testing and would just like to see how Alex does this winter. He agreed with me and said that often their sinuses are just underdeveloped and they grow out of the problem, and said my approach was fine. Our primary concern is the constant sinus infections...the ped said that I could either put him on a preventative antibiotic (a low daily dose) or just bring him in every time I suspect one. He gave me a prescription for chewable amoxicillan to fill if I chose to do the preventative, which I haven't decided on yet.
Anyway overall he is doing well, and the best part was he didn't have to get any shots! It was too soon to do the Hepatitis (his 18 mo appt was late and it has to be 6 months in between) and he got the FluMist instead of the shot. He was a pretty happy camper when we left. :-)
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