Way back in April when we went to our health nurse for Auron's 2 year check up we were concerned with his speaking, more so the lack of it. The nurse referred us on to have speech therapy, which there is a 12 month waiting list for. She said it will more than likely sort itself out by then but better to be on the list now rather than waiting until he's three. In order to be accepted into speech therapy Auron needed a hearing test. That's where we went today.
Aarahi came home early from work so he could look after Lili. We arrived at the specialist at 9.55am and were seen at 10.02am! This is the same centre that I had my antenatal appointments for Lili where a wait of 90min plus was not unexpected, so this came as a rather pleasant surprise.
We were taken into a darkish room answered some questions and the lady had a look in his ears and played a game with him. She would distracted him with toys while she played a sound when Auron looked for the sound a light would turn on revealing a cool looking bird.
After this little exercise she put some wires in each ear and played the same game but the sound was only played in one ear at a time.
The results? His hearing is fine. Just a slow talker who may or may not need speech therapy. We will find that out when he has his first appointment sometime in the new year. She was also impressed that he has never had any kind of ear infection or been to the doctors (except when he went to A &E when we were on holiday, but I blame Palmys crappy weather for that)
In other Matthews news... Well we are pretty boring, we have just completed a month of fun. We went to the Melbourne show last weekend which was heaps of fun. Auron went on the rollercoaster with aarahi and I it was a proper grown up one, he loved it.
Aarahi was just called at ward clerk and is enjoying it much more than being in youth. I wAs called as relief society enrichment leader, I haven't had to do anything yet but it should be fun. We have a awesome bunch of ladies.
Lili is turning one this month! We are having a combined birthday party with her little friend Isu who is also turning one. We're having it at an indoor play centre which is great because it means no
cooking or cleaning up or having to entertain kids. She is still not walking but can climb like a monkey. Her gymbaroo teacher is impressed by her climbing abilities. Oh and best of all she is finally sleeping through the night, it was hard working getting her there but everyone is sooooo much happier these days.
Auron is just as cute as ever and talking a whole lot. His favourite thing to say at the moment is "oh gosh" I'm excited he finally calls me mama now. It only took 2 years, shucks even Lili says mama! He is loving books! You can always find him with a big pile. We recently invested in a bunch of new ones because we were sick of reading the old ones over and over.
I have recently started a new blog
www.justonedayatatime.com which is doing really well. Thanks to Zirsha who gave me the confidence and inspiration to do it. I am enjoying writing and sharing ideas and our life and beliefs with others. I spoke at a recent community lunch which was a little awkward but a nice opportunity all the same. Aarahi was able to come too, I'm not sure if he was there for support or for the delicious food?!
Aarahis happy at work, they've had a few change ups with the company he organises the stock for so that messed up his days a bit but now they've managed to better organise it which is great. All in all
aarahi is just boring (his words). He has been pretty busy helping me out with our month of fun though. You can read more about that on my other blog if you want.
Well that's us, I'll try keep this blog updated once a week...ok I'll be realistic maybe twice a month!
