Just a quick update

Nothing much new to report which is a very good thing. Korbin is quickly approaching 1 year old. He is 10.5 months old, 8 months adjusted. Hard to believe. He is getting so big so fast. He is now right at 17 lbs. He is such a happy and content baby. He loves to smile and just loves anyone talking to him. He is very motivated to try new things which has worked in his favor when it has come to reaching milestones.

Our biggest problem right now is the insurance company being stingy with his physical therapy. Unfortunately, the fact that he hasn't really missed any milestones has caused the insurance company to cut back his therapy while the therapist feels that he needed it increased. They only consider the numbers and didn't take anything else into account. He has developed a bad habit of hyperextending his back both while playing on the floor and being held. When he is on the floor doing this he looks like he is doing a back bend. At times it looks like he is about to do a back flip. He will place the very top of his head near his forehead on the floor and push his bottom and back up to the point that a ball could easily roll under him. This obviously isn't any normal kind of posture. He will arch back when he is being held too and does not like it at all when he is prevented from doing so.

He is still not sitting on his own and I am beginning to become impatient for him to master this skill. The most frustrating part is that he has just plateaued on the skill. He has been "almost there" for 2 months now. I am sure that the skill will come in time but as he is becoming too big for his infant carrier (he has about 5 lbs left) I am beginning to fret over what I am going to do when he is no longer in the carrier. Right now, when we go to the store, I just put his carrier in the back of the cart (not too keen on putting a carrier on the top) and he just hangs out. He can't sit well even propped in the front of the cart and with him arching the way he does he hits his back and starts screaming. Same goes for if we go out to eat. He can't really do those high chairs either so we just carry in his carrier. I think a lot of my stress comes from the fact that the reality is setting in. We may be having to make modifications to a number of things. Typically, when a child outgrows the infant carrier they can sit up so there usually isn't a problem. That has been my experience anyway.

We still don't have an official diagnosis yet and the therapists still dance around the subject but to me it feels like the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about but we all know is there. Our pediatrician has been the only one that hasn't beat around the bush. He did at first but not so much anymore but I don't think that he makes things official anyway so I don't guess it really matters.

Thanks again everyone for keeping up with our little warrior. Please continue to pray for his continued success and for my patients as we begin to battle the beurocracy that is insurance.

Sabrina