Well, the good news is that after a 2+ hour evaluation, the boys DID NOT qualify for Early Intervention services anymore. It turned out that my instincts were 100% right--they are on the slow side of things, but given the tubes, bilingual, and twins factor, they weren't worried about their progress. They gave me some things to look out for in terms of speech before 18 months and told me to call if I have any doubts or worries in the near future.
The gist of things was that Adrian is slower in receptive language and better in expressive, and Sebastian is the complete opposite: better in the receptive and slower in expressive. They actually said the more worrisome combination is Adrian's...but I truly believe that his receptive language has been affected quite a bit by his hearing loss before the tubes were put in.
That brings me to another point; the boys went back to the ENT doctor today for a follow up. They had hearing tests again and then the doctor checked their ears to make sure the tubes were open and the ears were in good shape. They both did significantly better on the hearing test this time. And, everything looked good in their ears. So that was a relief!
The bad news is that the boys were sick with diarrhea AGAIN today....Adrian woke up and had 4 rapid poops that stank so foul I could barely stand to change him. Poor guy. He was completely off all day....Sebastian was exhausted, but otherwise ok until about 4PM when he had the same foul smelling poop. Needless to say, I had work today and had to cancel everything: a class and 4 appointments. Major bummer. If they are still sick tomorrow Carlos will have to take the day off.
Seriously, it never ends. Hopefully we'll get a good stretch of health from here on out now that their ears are fixed and the weather is getting better. I can't keep this up!!!
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