18 months

Carter turned 18 months old on May 19th and he had his checkup this morning. He's still growing like a weed and weighed in at 26 lbs and 33 inches tall. He's just slightly above average in that dept. He's also up to par on most of his developmental skills. Even the ability to walk backwards. lol. Checkups are always a little nerve wrecking for me, because it seems everytime I take him in, we end up visiting a new specialist. My two biggest concerns today were his feet being a little turned in and him not being able to say more than about 5 words.

The doctor said his toes did turn in a little, but that research has showed some of the world's best athletes have turned in toes and they stopped putting braces on children to correct it. So that was a relief. Maybe he'll be an amazing track star or something.

As far as me telling the doctor that he was not able to say at least 15 words, that raised a red flag for him. He said that it could be normal and until he's 2 we didn't really need to worry, but the more we talked about it, he decided to do a hearing test on Carter. When he was a newborn, he passed his hearing test but today he did not. Both ears came back "referred", whatever that means. So the doctor is sending him to an Audiologist for further testing. I took the news in stride like I always do. In the back of my mind, it worries me, but until we know something for sure, there is no sense in freaking about it. I'll just put it in God's hands and we'll do whatever is neccessary to get Carter on track.

I really do try to keep these things in perspective, because we've never yet faced anything we can't handle and weren't able to correct. And I always say to myself "at least he's healthy and happy". We're not sitting in a Children's hospital getting the news that he's sick with cancer or anything like that, so if there is something wrong with his hearing, we can deal with it.

As for now, I just ask for all your prayers that there is nothing seriously wrong with Carter's hearing and that he'll be talking up a storm in no time.