another update

Ricky is now 4-1/2 and has topped 42" in height and 36 lb. for weight (both 50th percentile). His speech difficulties continue to be a bit of a problem and if he still has these problems in the fall, I'm going to see about getting him into speech therapy at the local school district. I was going to do it sooner but we ran out of time for this school year.

He's interested in activities that allow him to manipulate objects with his hands, and he's quite adept at it. He is just starting to recognize numbers and letters, and school has really helped him with this. My example of this is the fact that they do one letter each week and following that week he'll find that letter everywhere. It's a hurdle we've finally cleared and it sure is great!

Ricky has been hit very hard with the death of my father 2 weeks ago today. He has exhibited violent and acting-out type behavior which we think is understandable considering how close they were. Ricky has an appointment with the pediatrician this Thursday and I'm going to ask her what we should say or do.

Ricky's been doing pretty well since his sinus surgery in March, but I'm still somewhat disappointed. He's been sick off and on and he'll go on antibiotics and be fine for a while and then be sick again as soon as he goes off of them. I know the doctor mentioned doing surgery again after a year or so but to me it looks like it might be sooner. I sure hope not. Right now he, Andy and I are all battling a sinus infection which is nothing new for any of us!