6 Month Speech Review

Yesterday afternoon we had Brandon's 6 month early intervention speech review with his case manager. He is caught up to where he should be in receptive language (understanding) now. When he first started early intervention he was 3 months behind his adjusted age. He is still delayed in expressive speech which is the only reason he qualified for early intervention again for the next 6 months. He will continue to have speech once a week and we will meet again in 6 months. The goal is for him to have 20-25 words by then. Of course more words is okay too.

I had to start Brandon on xopenex again on the nebulizer on Sunday night because he started coughing again. It is definitely his allergies this time. I called the pediatrician on Monday to see about getting a prescription for singulair. A few preemies from one of my message board are on it and doing well so I thought maybe he would do well on it too. The children's claritin is not strong enough for him. He is going to the pediatrician this afternoon for a weight check so the pediatrician switched it to a doctor's visit since they want to listen to his lungs first. She did tell me that singulair will probably be good for him because it is for allergies and asthma.