It is Deaf Awareness Week this week! The point of this week is to raise awareness for signs of hearing loss and also Deaf Culture. I thought I would share a bit about our family’s journey with… Sign Language Between words and signs C has over 30 words to communicate with our family at under …
Category: Hard of Hearing/Deaf
Hearing Therapy & Anxiety
Today, I’m thankful for Hearing therapy.
Deaf not Defective
Okay, that title may be a little rough… We all know that C is Hard of Hearing. However, every year we receive a letter from our state telling us that she is part of a special program for children born with birth defects. Last year, we received it about a week after getting the final …
A Year with C
I wasn’t prepared to be her momma.
Taking the Aids Out
Some days I struggle with her aids…
I don’t want healing
Often, people don’t know how to react to surprising or scary news they hear. There is often compassion and I would not be surprised if a bit of relief was also felt. Relief that this isn’t their cross, their burden. I grew up with a mother who had been paralyzed from the neck down when …
They’re In
Want to freak a breastfeeding mama out? Tell her she can’t nurse her baby for 6 hours prior to a procedure. Mission accomplished. Friday, after a whirlwind week, C had Eustachian Tubes places in both ears. This was to help her avoid ear infections due to improper drainage. Because ear infections are no fun and …
Patty Cake and Tubes
C turned nine months old on Thanksgiving. I love this age so very much! Her personality is becoming more evident by the day and I’m in love. Is it weird that I just said I’m in love reference my infant? I don’t think so… This last month she discovered Patty Cake. She loves it so …
Results
‘You know what has caused her to have hearing loss. She was born with it.’ – Hubs C is a little over 8 months old. She just participated in her first Halloween as Abu, from Aladdin. It was pretty adorable, just look at the picture above and you can see. You might remember that about …
Is it CMV?
I’ve talked about the process for C being diagnosed as HoH. I guess now is the time to talk about what happened next. Moving forward. In October, while I was pregnant, I flew to see my parents who were visiting L.A. During that time I was able to get acquainted with a cousin who is …