Playground

Simon @ Dance Class

I took Simon to the University Village playground today, and he had a lot of fun. The best part was that he made a little friend; there was a 22 month old, and the two of them would climb up to the top of the slide. It's a dual slide, so they could sit down next to each other, and go down at the same time. Simon was so excited - he was laughing and clapping, and then running to get back to the stairs. They probably slid down 6 or 7 times together. The sad part came when the dad of the other boy took off his sweatshirt and hat, and then Simon didn't recognize him. He kept looking for his little friend until we left.

Finding play friends is a challenge, especially ones who are deaf/HH. Other kids his age are talking now, and they seem a little confused when he doesn't talk back to them... they go on and find another kid. He's a pretty social guy, so we're going to keep working on finding him some friends to play with.

Simon on TV

This picture is back from Valentine's Day - Simon got a new chunky puzzle to play with, and some couch time with mom. It was his first present opening where he was less interested in the wrapping paper, and more interested in what was inside... looks like our boy is growing up!

We've had hearing aids for Simon for about three weeks, but he quickly developed an ear infection and wasn't able to wear them after the first couple of days. His left ear has cleared up, but his right ear continues to have fluid coming out. We also got his CT scan results back last Thursday, which apparently looked pretty good. Unfortunately, we continue to get mixed messages about Simon being a Cochlear Implant candidate; hopefully, that will become clearer soon.

Tara and Simon were on TV last week, when they were at the Mighty-O doughnut shop. Movie star!