We have been busy! Fraser graduated last weekend with his Master's Degree! YAY!! We had a huge party of about 45-50 people at our house. Needless to say, things were somewhat hectic in there. Also, with grades due...well, you can imagine!
For Samantha's news, she is doing well. She had a terrible month of not really sleeping great, throwing up a lot, and being upset. It was very difficult to see. I had decided it was her reflux, and in a discussion with her PT was provided with a home remedy (1 T. cider vingar to 8 oz. water, add some honey to taste) and it has worked wonders! She was immediately more happy and slept like a champ! Thank goodness. I can't believe she is willing to take it!
I only have a minute now...we have a busy day. She has playgroup at 9:30-11:00, then home for a quick lunch and nap, off to the OT for "equipment" decisions...finding her a new walker, or deciding not to find her a new walker, a bath seat (I hope), and who knows what else. I will let you know...then after that appointment, she has an appointment to get new AFO's (ankle-foot orthotics, aka braces) that will have a joint in the foot part so that hopefully she can walk wearing them. Her old ones didn't have the joint, and so she wouldn't walk in them, and so she didn't wear them. These should help her with proper alignment, etc. Just in time to sport them with shorts...She is also getting soft knee braces to wear to sleep (there goes that good sleeping I was just mentioning) to help keep her legs straight at night to stretch her hamstrings, which are a little tight. I hope she is ok with them. I hope we are ok with all of this. It is kind of scary...
The most exciting thing to report was on Mother's day eve, when we were out to dinner, a diner at the next table asked Samantha what her name was and she replied something that sounded like a toddler saying Samantha...like "amana" or something like that. We were amazed and shocked. And thrilled. She not only knew that a question was being asked of her, she understood the question and knew the answer. She is amazing. Not a lot of new words these days, but more consistent with "daddy" that is for sure! She understands a lot, but has so much difficulty expressing herself...poor thing.
OK, well, we have a lot to get done today, so I will post when we findout what the day brings..
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Amazing
Well, it has been a little while, sorry. We have been through a lot lately with the family, and all is going well, but has been time and energy consuming!
Sam, on the other hand is really coming into her own. I swear this swing is like magic. She had her gait training yesterday and her PT said it was the BEST EVER. I am not surprised. She has been walking in her walker every day, and getting better every day. She really likes it, and her stamina and speed are really increasing. It is so great to see her so happy in it.
We have decided to incorporate the walker into her playgroup. She is so motivated by the other kids. She hasn't really wanted to walk when she isn't in her walker, with just someone holding her, but in playgroup last week, she was watching another kid go down the slide, and then walked over to him (with my support) when he got to the bottom, and started to chase him! It was so sweet. So we decided to work on ways to get the walker into playgroup. We were tryin it out, and had it in the room after everyone had left (except the people who run the group) and when she saw one of the teachers playing in the "sandbox" she went right over to her on her own and was all smiles, and got to play. It was so wonderful. So we worked out some ways to incorporate it. It is large, so it requires some rearranging of things, but people are happy to accomodate, and it is just wonderful. It also helped them to brainstorm activities that would be good not only for giving sam walking time, but that would help the other kids with things that they need to work on at the same time. So, I left feeling like we just improved things for everyone, instead of feeling like I was just making more work for everyone. THat felt good.
Her therapists have really noticed her increased desire to move around. She wants to GO all the time...a regular toddler! And yesterday she managed to get up on all fours and support herself! She could bear all her weight herself, and then she tried crawling. It didn't quite work out, but she is getting so close. It makes me so happy and overwhelmed with how hard she works. She is just so great. I am so happy that she is willing to work so hard.
Her speech is really coming along too. She is making many more sounds. She loves playing with people's hats and she was playing with dad's hat and then she said "at" when grabbing it. She has said "at" or "hat" several times now. She is not consistent with words, but she is saying them more often. She says "hi" and waves hi and bye pretty consistently now, which is so cute. Sheis really trying to communicate. We are working on other ways of communicating too...
Oh well, I guess the princess is ready to be attended to, so I must go when she beckons!
Happy Rainy Day!!
LiSA
Sam, on the other hand is really coming into her own. I swear this swing is like magic. She had her gait training yesterday and her PT said it was the BEST EVER. I am not surprised. She has been walking in her walker every day, and getting better every day. She really likes it, and her stamina and speed are really increasing. It is so great to see her so happy in it.
We have decided to incorporate the walker into her playgroup. She is so motivated by the other kids. She hasn't really wanted to walk when she isn't in her walker, with just someone holding her, but in playgroup last week, she was watching another kid go down the slide, and then walked over to him (with my support) when he got to the bottom, and started to chase him! It was so sweet. So we decided to work on ways to get the walker into playgroup. We were tryin it out, and had it in the room after everyone had left (except the people who run the group) and when she saw one of the teachers playing in the "sandbox" she went right over to her on her own and was all smiles, and got to play. It was so wonderful. So we worked out some ways to incorporate it. It is large, so it requires some rearranging of things, but people are happy to accomodate, and it is just wonderful. It also helped them to brainstorm activities that would be good not only for giving sam walking time, but that would help the other kids with things that they need to work on at the same time. So, I left feeling like we just improved things for everyone, instead of feeling like I was just making more work for everyone. THat felt good.
Her therapists have really noticed her increased desire to move around. She wants to GO all the time...a regular toddler! And yesterday she managed to get up on all fours and support herself! She could bear all her weight herself, and then she tried crawling. It didn't quite work out, but she is getting so close. It makes me so happy and overwhelmed with how hard she works. She is just so great. I am so happy that she is willing to work so hard.
Her speech is really coming along too. She is making many more sounds. She loves playing with people's hats and she was playing with dad's hat and then she said "at" when grabbing it. She has said "at" or "hat" several times now. She is not consistent with words, but she is saying them more often. She says "hi" and waves hi and bye pretty consistently now, which is so cute. Sheis really trying to communicate. We are working on other ways of communicating too...
Oh well, I guess the princess is ready to be attended to, so I must go when she beckons!
Happy Rainy Day!!
LiSA
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