Déjà vu with number 2

I think we have all experienced déjà vu at least at one point in our lives, I am currently going through it with my little guy.

We go to our local Family Resource Center in the district for playgroups & we LOVE all the programs that we partake in. We do the ages & stages questioners & I have been able to soundboard off the parent educators there. I am seeing all of the kids in Finn-Beast's peer group & how they are talking & Finn-Beast is not :(

I became concerned with Finn-Beast's lack of talking around 15 months & expressed concerns at 18 months when he went for his well baby appointment. They referred us to Birth to 3 for an evaluation to see if he could get services. I called we set up our appointment & they did the 2 hour evaluation.

Let me stop here to for a second I was SO shocked with this whole process & SUPER jealous that I didn't have this for Declan.

Back on topic; after the evaluation it was decided that Finn was eligible for services an hour a week, due to speech delay. 

I was happy that I got on the ball, was backed by my pediatrician & I followed my Momma instincts. 

There was part of me that went OMG SERIOUSLY not again!

Normal is boring I said to myself.....

Finn-Beast is 2 now, we have been able to figure out his approximations more; for those who don't know what that means it means the attempts or parts of of a word that he uses to talk. We have taught him some signs which helps ease frustration to a point. I understand how he communicates & so do others who spend time with him.

The issue we were having is that he was getting ear infections not a ton but enough that I was starting to notice a change in behavior & even in his motoring when he would become congested or snotty. We went to his pediatrician again for this very stubborn ear infection & were referred to an ENT that said that we were going to move forward with tubes to help him start consistently hearing. In hopes of helping him to start to talk.

Finn has had his tubes in for 2 months & we have noticed a difference in he seems to be more aware of his surroundings. The issue is when we went back for his follow up auditory screening that he wasn't being cooperative & when he is that he is showing that he may have significant hearing loss.

The next for us is the BAER Test aka Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response to see what he does hear & get a positive answer on where to go from here.

With Bubba it was his eyes & Finn-Beast it is his ears.....

Normal is boring for sure!