Last Week

The sessions were pretty ordinary with both LaQuita and Angie. He does seem to be attending for much longer than he used to be.

On Saturday he accidentally turned the vacuum sweeper on and as I was coming to help him out, he pointed to the vacuum and said "mama, uh-oh" That was pretty amazing!

this morning he had his pre-op visit with his pediatrician for the ABRS test he will undergo on August 14th. Since he has to be sedated, they had to have sign off from his Dr.

We're working on color matching sorting. I have been tracking all of his consonate and vowel sounds for LaQuita.

July 17th

Had an "ok" session with LaQuita. Not sure what was going on with Preston but he had difficulties attending. Possibly tired. Swimming lessons for the whole week has sort of messed with our routines. It's really likely that the pool just whacks out his senses. But every night we stay a few minutes after to play in the baby pool and every night he seems to do better than the night before. Like I said he doesn't LOVE it but at least he is hating it less each day. Plus, I will be sure we go to the pool a lot over the next few weeks just to keep working on meeting those unpleasant feelings.

He has been saying the following phrases this week "Bye, Daddy" (to anyone anywhere) and "Up, daddy" to his daddy in the mornings to get out of his crib.

We have been working on different songs this week. I think I heard him trying to say "eee Eye Eee eye ohhhhh" last night!

July 14th-16th

Preston has had a pretty good week. He had a great session with Carrie. We are working with new straws this week to help strengthen his mouth muscles so that we can work toward controlling the heavy drooling!

We did start swimming lessons this week and Preston has been none too thrilled with them. I noticed the first night he avoided eye contact with me, as well as anyone else in the class. It's a "mom and me" class so we're in the water together. Now, last night he didn't seem to hate it QUITE as much! LOL.....I really think it's either a sensory thing or a "out of my routine" thing. But we are trying really hard to get him to just get used to going to the pool and having fun. Most of the time he isn't happy until we are putting his shoes on to come home. He seems to "tolerate" but not "enjoy". Me being the former swim teacher/water fiend I am, I would like for him to love it but will settle with his toleration for now! I did have him jumping off of the edge of the pool to me last night and he did really seem to like that and he was engaging with the instructors last night so that's good.

We had a good session with Angie (Behavior/ECSE) and his progress in that area is such that we have all decided to start meeting every other week now! So, that is cool! Of course we LOVE seeing Angie but since he is starting to work up to and at a 24 month level cognitively and is progressing nicely we're going to try to scale back.

He did some great color matching and sorting yesterday. Fun to watch. He also did his big hug and run between Angie and I--he spread his legs and arms out and then runs toward the object of his affection and throws himself in their arms! He was most definitely sensory seeking for some deep pressure.

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The Ferrara's were over the other night for dinner. We hadn't seen them in months. We had such a great time. Preston was MR PERSONALITY....lol....he was flirtacious and fun and loved following the big boys all over the place. At one point Cari said to me about Preston "He's so engaged. I have never seen him this engaged". It was so nice to hear from someone's perspective. We don't always see that. We don't always see the changes but it's nice to know that they are noticed by someone else!

Speech 7/10

Got a good reading on Preston's progress since last August as we finished the one year evaluation with LaQuita last night. In August of last year Preston's receptive language (what he understands) was at a 3-6 month level and his expressive language (communicating wants and needs) couldn't even be tested appropriately since he had virtually none. It now appears he is testing at a 9-12 month level for both areas. We're also thinking that his receptive is higher than that but for now that is a good guage.

Preston worked well with LaQuita. When she said "Go Car" while they were playing cars he said "Dough Dah"....he also mimicked her saying "boink". He mimicks VERY well these days!

We're continuing to work on body parts this week. Wait. No, I can't remember our homework-ACK-sorry LaQuita....I will look at it again tonight and update....lol.....

Behavior Session 7/10

Well, Preston had an excellent session with Angie. YAY. He stayed on task and particpated fully in several activities for lengths of time that broke records for him. He was very antimated and adoring with Angie. He did lots of of hugging and kissing and flirting. He played peek a boo with her when she was writing her notes at the end of the session and he kept "yelling" at her to play with him. He would hide his head behind the ottoman and pop up and say "boo".

He did some awesome matching and turn taking.
We hope to see more of this type of behaviour!!

New communication

Well, when I put Preston to bed I have noticed the last few nights that when I lay him down in his crib and put his blanket on and give him his cloth diapers to lay on...he is on his tummy and grunts "uh-uh" and points at his bottom. He wants it patted! So, he is telling me that in his way but he is telling me! YAY!

July 4th

We met with Angie (ECSE) and LaQuita (SP) this week. We had to cancel with Carrie (OT) due to a conflict.
Angie did some testing with Preston and after the vacation break he "just wasn't that into" her. The session didn't last too long, but we did find out he is progressing nicely.

LaQuita's session went better. But still not as good as normal. that week off really wasn't good for keeping routines and things. LaQuita was also able to test. When Preston was tested last August at 18 months old, his Receptive Communication was at a 3-6 month level. Yesterday it was at 12-15 month level! So, we have had some nice progress. We weren't able to finish the Expressive Communication testing but should be able to next week.

This week we are working on body parts of his and of a doll or of another person!
Right now he only knows his nose and his belly button and other people's noses.

Happy Fourth!