ALL ABOUT US....

Kate's still a little small for her bouncer, so it's a little difficult to get the "bouncing" effect : )
We have so much to be grateful for. Kate is doing awesome. Today, she had her appointment with the Audiologist to have an extensive hearing test because she failed the first 2 tests. The first test was given August 15th and she had the 2nd test the day she left Primary's. This was very discouraging to us, as it is very common for babies with a cleft pallet to have temporary hearing loss due to fluid in the ear drum. However, Kate passed the test with flying colors. She is such a little trooper.
Kate is also doing great with her feeding. We have started to feed her more from the bottle and she is taking to it very well. We feed her 2 - 3 times a day from a special "Haberman" bottle. The great news is that she is getting a stronger suck, whereas before, we had to squeeze the milk and let her get used to a suck, swallow, breathe rhythm. Her reflux seems to be getting much better as we have been feeding her. Kate has been sleeping really well through the night. In fact, she slept for 7 hours last night. Yah!!!
Kate loves riding in the car. So, our big excitement for this weekend will be going for a long car drive. Our lives have definitely changed, but we wouldn't have it any other way!