Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Old friend, and info on Baer

We are lucky to have my friend Pocahontas, her husband Jeff, and their son Ziggy with us for the week. I haven't seen Pocahontas since my wedding so it has been fun to reminisce about the old college days. I will have to post pictures later.

Today Baer had an appointment with the developmental pediatrician and it is official...Baer has autism. We still have to wait to find out if he has any genetic syndromes...so 4-6 weeks still of waiting for those. They don't have anything to do with autism...if he does have anything genetically abnormal it would be in addition to autism. He developmental pediatrician said that we are doing the right things with him right now (ie...therapy, therapy, therapy, etc...) so that is reassuring. She did say that he is way behind though and has a long way to go. Not a surprise. He is 2 1/2 yrs old and here are his stats... 3 feet tall (25 percentile for height), 32 lbs (75th percentile), and his head is in the 50th percentile.

Baer is a happy boy though and gave a lot of smiles and laughter to his developmental pediatrician.

7 comments:

Stacy said...

Jackie I know you and Spencer can get through this with Baer, you both are amazing parents! Do they know what caused the autism?

Deanna said...

Jackie - you are amazing! I know you and your husband will be able to help Baer the most...He is so lucky to have such wonderful and patient parents. :) Hugs!

Braydan and Jessica said...

Alisha did her internship working with an autistic little boy and loved him. She told me lots about the syndrome, but I still don't know much. Anyway, what I do know is that you guys (the parents) are the most important teachers for him. Specialists and doctors will come and go, but you know him best and know how to help him the most. I agree with what everyone else said, Bear is lucky to have amazing parents to help him.

JoLee said...

Hugs.

Shannon said...

Sorry to hear Baer has autism. You are an amazing Mom and he will be just fine!

Kara said...

Jackie,
You are an amazing person and both of your children are beautiful! Keep smiling and being the person you are and everything will work out. I love you lady and if you need anything I'm a phone call away. :)

Lynn said...

Sure love you, Baer. Glad you're a part of our family!
Grandma B.