All those toys and she just wants to chew on a number 1.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Bionic Baby...Recharged
Better photo of Kaylee's teeth - top and bottom middle two are all through the gums (yay!) and the two on either side on top are close.
We took Kaylee this morning for another ABR test (click here for more details on any given test) - see new bionic baby shots below. The audiologist also repeated the Tympanometry and OAE tests. The tympanograms again showed possible stiffness in both ears. The OAE is the test they gave Kaylee at the hospital that her left ear never passed - there or at any other appointment since - but today it PASSED!! The audiologist is mailing the full results to us (and to all of Kaylee's other 3 doctors!), but said that the ABR showed that her right ear does show good hearing, and her left ear has trouble with the lowest frequency (frequencies?). She said based on that and the left ear passing the OAE, she doesn't think that a hearing aid will be necessary, but of course we still need to be diligent in monitoring things. We take Kaylee back to the pediatric audiologist in another month for more behavioral testing and after that it's back to the ENT. Hopefully by the time her birthday rolls around we'll have a better picture of what's going on in those cute little ears!!
We took Kaylee this morning for another ABR test (click here for more details on any given test) - see new bionic baby shots below. The audiologist also repeated the Tympanometry and OAE tests. The tympanograms again showed possible stiffness in both ears. The OAE is the test they gave Kaylee at the hospital that her left ear never passed - there or at any other appointment since - but today it PASSED!! The audiologist is mailing the full results to us (and to all of Kaylee's other 3 doctors!), but said that the ABR showed that her right ear does show good hearing, and her left ear has trouble with the lowest frequency (frequencies?). She said based on that and the left ear passing the OAE, she doesn't think that a hearing aid will be necessary, but of course we still need to be diligent in monitoring things. We take Kaylee back to the pediatric audiologist in another month for more behavioral testing and after that it's back to the ENT. Hopefully by the time her birthday rolls around we'll have a better picture of what's going on in those cute little ears!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Tooth Update
Quick post - Kaylee's top right middle tooth broke through overnight, so both her top two and bottom two front teeth are in now. Yesterday she was grinding them...I hear most babies do that once they get top and bottom teeth in, but it doesn't last long. Maybe a week or so? So we're hoping to tough it out...was making our teeth hurt listening to it yesterday!!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Walking and Climbing
Kaylee loves her new walker, whether it's riding on it as a car or walking behind it. Thanks, Gramma and Grampa!! She stands up and pushes it all around the house, falls over and tries again.
The little monkey also has mastered climbing up the stairs. We figure it's better to let her practice while we're around than to always keep the gate closed and not ever let her learn.
More pics, including top teeth!
What?!?? Mama and Dada without Kaylee?? Yep, she was at home with Grandma while we went to my aunt Lynnie's surprise birthday party on Saturday night. That's the birthday gal and little Nate (almost 6 months!!) in the other two pics.
Margaret and Nate, after Nate's baptism on Sunday. Mags made that gorgeous cake!!
Kaylee, on the way home from Nate's party.
"Enough with the pictures, Mom!!"Finally, a shot of her upper teeth coming in (I was pinching her cheeks to get this shot - she was not too happy about that!). The left one broke through yesterday, and I expect the right to follow suit any day now. The two on either side are also close.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
More teeth
Quick post: Kaylee has her top 4 middle teeth coming in all at the same time! Looks like one of the middle ones is just about to break through, and the other 3 aren't far behind. I can't believe she hasn't been fussy about them at all, especially with 4 all at once!! How did we get such an easy-going baby??? (Hey, I'm not complaining, just wondering!)
Friday, January 9, 2009
9 (1/2) month checkup
Kaylee's 9 month well visit with her pediatrician was this afternoon. She's nearly 21 lbs (80th percentile) and 29.25" (91st percentile). She had a finger pricked to test her iron levels (very good, no supplements needed), and she only had one shot. Next appointment (1 year) she'll have more again. Not really anything to report from today, which is good! Her vision is fine based on the screening from last time (6 month visit).
We went to a pediatric audiologist for behavioral testing on Wednesday. I was going to try to explain what was done, but I'll refer back to the site I mentioned in a previous post as their description of the testing is likely better than what I would write!
Following text taken from
http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/eyes/hear.html:
Behavioral tests involve careful observation of a child's behavioral response to sounds like calibrated speech and pure tones. Pure tones are the distinct pitches (frequencies) of sounds. Sometimes other calibrated signals are used to obtain frequency information. The behavioral response might be an infant's eye movements, a head-turn by a toddler, placement of a game piece by a preschooler, or a hand-raise by a gradeschooler. (For Kaylee, it was turning her head to look at various moving toys.)
The test results went along with all the other tests thus far - possible hearing loss in left ear. We're going back to Northside Audiology (yes, she's seeing doctors/specialists at 3 practices...) in another couple weeks for another ABR (Kaylee had one done at 5 weeks old - see bionic baby post)
FYI (again, posted from
http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/eyes/hear.html)...
Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test:
An infant is sleeping or sedated for the ABR. An infant may be sleeping naturally or may have to be sedated for this test. Additionally, older, cooperative kids may be tested in a silent environment while they're visually occupied. Tiny earphones are placed in the ear canals. Usually, click-type sounds are introduced through the earphones, and electrodes measure the hearing nerve's response to the sounds. A computer averages these responses and displays waveforms. Because there are characteristic waveforms for normal hearing in portions of the speech range, a normal ABR can predict fairly well that a baby's hearing is normal in that part of the range. An abnormal ABR may be due to hearing loss, but it may also be due to some medical problems or measurement difficulties.
We have been told on numerous occasions from different doctors that Kaylee seems to have a smaller left ear canal than right. So this could also be a part of the problem - some of the testing equipment does not fit into her ear as well as it could/should. It is interesting that the results seem to show that her hearing is (very slowly) improving, so it could partially be that as she's getting bigger and her ear canal is growing, the equipment is better able to test that ear. Not that we are fooling ourselves into thinking she has perfect hearing and just has a small ear canal, but it could be causing more difficulties in getting completely accurate test results. Just relaying what we've been told.
We should have a better understanding after the ABR is repeated later this month. Hurry up and wait...hurry up and wait...
We went to a pediatric audiologist for behavioral testing on Wednesday. I was going to try to explain what was done, but I'll refer back to the site I mentioned in a previous post as their description of the testing is likely better than what I would write!
Following text taken from
http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/eyes/hear.html:
Behavioral tests involve careful observation of a child's behavioral response to sounds like calibrated speech and pure tones. Pure tones are the distinct pitches (frequencies) of sounds. Sometimes other calibrated signals are used to obtain frequency information. The behavioral response might be an infant's eye movements, a head-turn by a toddler, placement of a game piece by a preschooler, or a hand-raise by a gradeschooler. (For Kaylee, it was turning her head to look at various moving toys.)
The test results went along with all the other tests thus far - possible hearing loss in left ear. We're going back to Northside Audiology (yes, she's seeing doctors/specialists at 3 practices...) in another couple weeks for another ABR (Kaylee had one done at 5 weeks old - see bionic baby post)
FYI (again, posted from
http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/eyes/hear.html)...
Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test:
An infant is sleeping or sedated for the ABR. An infant may be sleeping naturally or may have to be sedated for this test. Additionally, older, cooperative kids may be tested in a silent environment while they're visually occupied. Tiny earphones are placed in the ear canals. Usually, click-type sounds are introduced through the earphones, and electrodes measure the hearing nerve's response to the sounds. A computer averages these responses and displays waveforms. Because there are characteristic waveforms for normal hearing in portions of the speech range, a normal ABR can predict fairly well that a baby's hearing is normal in that part of the range. An abnormal ABR may be due to hearing loss, but it may also be due to some medical problems or measurement difficulties.
We have been told on numerous occasions from different doctors that Kaylee seems to have a smaller left ear canal than right. So this could also be a part of the problem - some of the testing equipment does not fit into her ear as well as it could/should. It is interesting that the results seem to show that her hearing is (very slowly) improving, so it could partially be that as she's getting bigger and her ear canal is growing, the equipment is better able to test that ear. Not that we are fooling ourselves into thinking she has perfect hearing and just has a small ear canal, but it could be causing more difficulties in getting completely accurate test results. Just relaying what we've been told.
We should have a better understanding after the ABR is repeated later this month. Hurry up and wait...hurry up and wait...
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