Wednesday, July 16, 2008

We All Need A Little Therapy

Abby had her "exit interview" yesterday with ECI for physical therapy. Six months ago they came out to help her get moving. She could barely sit by herself and she wasn't even thinking about crawling. She also would not stand on her feet. If you held her in a stand position, she just lifted those little feet right up. Now she's everywhere. Walking, running and climbing. We are really going to miss our therapist Miss Nicole. She was great and the kids really liked her.
Today though we get to meet the two therapists for Jake. He's not talking yet and doesn't understand simple commands like "Get your shoes" or "Where's the dog" so the doctor wanted him evaluated by ECI for communication delays. He did get accepted and today we're meeting to discuss our six month goals. I'm really curious to see what they do for toddlers in the area of communication. I've started teaching him sign language since our 15 month check-up and he's already picked up 3 signs (eat, more and milk - the real important ones :-). Since he's not speaking, I wanted to give him a way to communicate other than cry. I'm not sure if it's working, but he will sign while he cries.
Abby's picking up on the signs too and knows "more". Although since she's talking more and more each day I haven't worked with her as much. She's up to about 10 or 12 words now and adds a new one every day it seems. Yesterday she said "bye, bye" and waved to Miss Nicole. She was also working on "Turtle" and "Airplane" some, but didn't quite get those down. I'm sure she'll get them in no time though. I'm also going to brag on my little girl a bit more...she actually started talking in 2 word phrases. She has about 4 of these...read book, green ball (no she doesn't know the color green yet, but we're working on this since she can say "green"), what's that?, and let's go.
Mama's so proud of her little angels!

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