Apparently this February was the wettest/cloudiest on record in Boston. It was a pretty miserable month, and unfortunately the affects are now being felt in that almost everyone we know is sick. Half of my baby class has been out of commission lately. Colds, a stomach bug, the flu...people are dropping like flies.
Unfortunately, Mike was first of the Powells to succumb and came down with the flu on Saturday. Sunday he did not get out of bed until 5:30 PM...it was pretty bad. After taking a sick day on Monday he was back at work, but still not feeling 100%. He now has a nasty cough he is battling.
Henry was next to go. Last week he had a high temperature for a few days, but after a call to the Dr. and no other symptoms we figured he was fine and it may be partially teething related (those top two suckers are sloooooooooooooooooowly inching their way out). This week he developed a terrible cough, and yesterday it got bad enough that he was unable to sleep. The poor baby is actually crying sometimes after he coughs because it hurts :( He also has had a temperature of 102 or so. We went to the pediatrician this afternoon and it is just a bad cold - no ear infection, etc. That is good news, but also means there isn't much you can do for him. No cold or cough meds for kids under 6....
So, Mike and Henry are not happy campers. We are hoping they both get a good night's sleep tonight because tomorrow we have an early morning flight to Michigan! Yes - the Powells are headed to Grand Rapids for a visit with Nana Gayle and Papa Mark. After a few days in MI, Mike and I are leaving Henry in their capable hands and headed to Chicago for what I am affectionately calling our "sleep-cation". Yes - we are going to stay in a hotel and SLEEP. Sleep past 6 AM!!!!!! Oh my goodness I am excited. So, cross your fingers that our little bug feels better VERY soon so that he is back to his usual fun and sunny self for his visit (and isn't our fellow airline passengers' worst nightmare...)
In other news - Henry had his Early Intervention Assessment this morning (only a week's wait - it was great!). We had 3 people come to the house to play with Henry, observe him, and go through an immensely long checklist to see what he is and is not doing. Everything from if he is using his thumb when picking up small objects, to if he can figure out how to pull a string to get a toy, to the rhythm of his babbling. They were all very nice and Henry warmed right up to them. He is a ham, as we know, so he did a lot of showing off :)
When they first arrived and were observing they all said that he looked fabulous (naturally!)They loved how extremely social and engaged he is, and he has great fine motor and gross motor skills. However, after going through the checklist the speech pathologist DID determine that he qualifies for Early Intervention services (meaning he is 25% delayed on his verbal/communication skills).
They all stressed that they are not overly concerned about Henry. This is not a sign of a learning disability or some large over-arching "issue". Basically he just needs a little help for him to focus on bringing up those skills. He is right on the cusp of qualifying for services. Some of the things that they based this on are things like: not consistently responding to his name, not responding to "no", not looking where people are pointing, not looking in the right place when you say something like "Where's Daddy?", etc.
So, what this means is for the next 6 months Henry will have 1 hour a week with a developmental specialist who will come to our home. She will work with him and show us things we can do with him to help him with those skills. I think this is a fabulous service, and we are glad he is able to take advantage of the help. While you never want to hear that your child needs extra help with something, we do know that having this service is a great thing for him. He almost definitely would be fine without it and would just reach certain milestones on the later side, but why not take advantage of the service?
So, that is the update from here. We won't be posting for the next week while we are in Grand Rapids/Chicago. So, we leave you with another cute picture if our little pork chop:
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