The Monday before we went to PaPa's, Zach had his follow up appointment in Iowa City. Dr Canady said that everything was healing as he wanted. We shouldn't have to go back until his next surgery which is on April 6. Dr. Canady gave Zach the OK to go swimming again; we just had to get him some special ear gear. He enjoyed swimming with his cousins at the pool that weekend. Daddy is going to take Zach to swim class in a few weeks for more swimming; he's like a fish!
Cousin Collin always has something fun up his sleeve. This time it was Pom Poms....on the head.
Zach's speech and language continues to develop. It is getting easier for Mom and Dad to understand him. Our favorite Zach-ism lately is "mup momma". He says this to Mom when he's requesting being lifted up. Guess you just have to hear it;) It will be interesting to hear if/how Zach's speech changes after his cleft palate surgery in April. Right now his speech sounds a bit nasal because he has a hole in the roof of his mouth--he can't stop the air from leaking up into his nose. That makes his p and b sounds come out like m's. So when he say's "please" is sounds more like "meeez". The surgery itself with fix some of it, but there is a good chance he will need some speech therapy as well, to help him develop the correct way of saying sounds.
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