September 2008

Tara -- September 9th – 11 ½ months old
We went to see the ophthalmologist today. Nathan isn’t doing as well as he had hoped. Based on his behaviors and the fact that he isn’t responding to the special cards they use to test babies at this age, the doctor feels like he has a neurological problem with his vision. Our vision therapist who came later today, told me that this is most likely Cortical Visual Impairment. This means that he can see just fine physically but his mind has difficulty interpreting the information that it is receiving. This may be why he likes to scoot on his back and do handstands to look at the world upside-down.

September 28, 2008 – One year old
I am constantly amazed that a whole year has passed with our little Nathan. He is such an angel. We ended up just having a small family birthday party. The kids insisted on continuing the chocolate cake tradition. So I baked a small cake for Nathan, and then decided to make a small cake for each of the kids. We put a candle on each of the kids’ cakes and asked them to make a wish for Nathan. We had a great time. Nathan accidentally got a bunch of frosting on his hand and then spend a good deal of time staring at his hands and wiggling them around. I fed him a bit of the frosting since he still is having such difficulty swallowing anything other than smooth foods. He like it! It was the most sugar that he has ever had. :D It ended up being a very special birthday for everyone.