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It's True, He's Two!

Roxwell is progressing so nicely.  He is gaining independence and communication skills like a typical two year olds.  On our recent visit to an (best in the field) orthotic specialist eased our worries in gait and no bracing will be necessary.  Besides being slightly flat footed on the left side, his gait is perfect.  He is still pretty unsteady on his feet, which she attributed to the higher concentration skills it takes him to coordinate his movements.  He officially received the CP diagnosis, which was not given upfront because the neurologist didn’t want to scare us.  We know now that with his laid back personality, he will cope well in his life.

We are working with a fantastic PT that values Roxwell as a developing toddler above all else.  She has great philosophies on development and building the missing skills. We have gotten a good referral for a orthopedic surgeon who is starting a CP clinic here in the valley next year.  We will have them do a baseline evaluation with him, so we have some connections built in case anything comes up as he grows.  His disability is so mild that his specialist appointments are only yearly check ups.

Roxwell loves to look at books, point to pictures and label things.  We are doing baby signs that he picks up on quickly and knows over 100 words.  His speech is picking up, suggesting that his disability is not hindering speech, he just has focused so much energy on motor function that has taken a backseat.  He speaks about 30 words plus animal and car sounds.  He is putting together a few two word phrases and is mimicking others.

We celebrated his second birthday with my mom at the Phoenix Science Center.  All the kids had a great time.  We ate apple cobbler for his birthday cake and he got some fun new toys.  Jarom is working on building an elaborate playset in the backyard that my parents got all three boys for their birthday’s.  Roxwell has been out some to dig in the dirt and slide down the slide, but the mosquitoes get him so bad that we mostly keep him inside until the bugs go away.

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Dessert Pose

Nana is having a ball. 

Roxwell is digging in while he can.  

Layne can't take his eyes off the mountain of heaven.  

Brik is worried that he is getting left out.

Acupuncture

He liked it and is asking to go back :)