Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Jake, Our Precious Angel

Well, since our speech evaluation for Jake, he's really been working on communication. He's started chattering again (baby talk) and Friday he said his first word! "Ba" for "Ball". He loves balls and says it all the time now. He can also say "dog", "go", "Sadi" and "color" or at least variations of these...you kinda have to know the context of what he's trying to say in order to decipher the code. Way to go Jake! He's also following a few simple directives like "Get the ball" or "Throw the ball". We had our first therapy session this afternoon and it's pretty much just a play session. The therapist plays and talks with him for about 30 minutes. He loves her and has a lot of fun with her. She also signs as she talks so maybe he'll pick up some more from her. I've kinda run out of stuff to try.

I kinda think the sign language helped "jump-start" his little brain into the communication mode, away from the physical stuff. Lord knows my little guy doesn't need to work on his climbing skills at the moment. We've already conquered that. He can climb up my big chair onto the cabinet behind it to play with the faucet. He can also climb up the spindles of our kitchen chairs to get in your lap. He and Abby are also "exploring" their world by turning absolutely every toy over and standing on it. Once they stand, they then jump on the (unstable) object. We've had several bumps and bruises from falling, but they still continue to do it.

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