Sorry it has been so long since the last post...we have been so busy! Will is doing many new things and has had lots of fun along the way:)
So since the Buddy Walk...we have been meeting with several new therapists with Franklin County as part of our Home Based Services Program, working on playing with different toys, visiting with family and friends, getting used to our ear tubes and working on some teeth! We are still meeting with our private therapist too and we are making some good progress. Will is getting himself in and out of sit often now and getting closer to crawling. He is starting to not mind being on all fours and is rocking back and forth a little while doing so. He and daddy have been playing the piano together and he rolls his truck back and forth with me and with Ava and Jonas. We had a minor set back on the ear tube front and have been using eardrops again to fight a little infection. We have also been battling a rash around his face, but mostly we have been pretty healthy this fall. We went home to see Papa and Gaga Brough and to attend a cousin's wedding and we visited the Fort Wayne Zoo while we were there. We also met with our friend, that is also a PT and a great mom, and got a lot more new advice from her. Oh and a little white tip of a tooth is showing! You can't really see it yet, but you can feel it:)
Our therapies are really getting going with the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities Home Based Program (from here on we will call them FCBDD!) We have met twice with Will's Early Intervention Teacher (Teacher) and Physical Therapist (PT) and once with the Speech Therapist (ST) and once with the Occupational Therapist (OT). We really like them all and they have given us a lot to work on:) His Teacher oversees Will's Team and works on things like using toys correctly and playing baby games and generally has input on all fronts. The FCBDD PT is working on many of the same things that our private PT is working on, and that mostly involves getting in and out of sit, getting on all fours and putting weight on his legs. The ST gave us some games and activities to play with Will to encourage different sounds and some massages and exercies to use to build up those oral muscles. The OT had the most new activites for us to work on ranging from drinking and eating exercies, to building up core muscles, to using different methods to gain sensory recognition. It has all been a lot to take in and is cause for my crazy mind and busy feet!
We had a great weekend in Fort Wayne and saw many friends and family. We had a fun trip to the Zoo with Gaga and the kids. Will liked the lions and the giraffes but otherwise just enjoyed the ride:) He did NOT enjoy the huge draft horse that 'neighed' in his ear and casued a major meltdown. It seems everything is a lot louder now to Will, and he frightens more now than he did pre-tubes! We had fun getting pumpkins at the local farm too and even ate some straw...which I hear is good source of protein:)
We still have not made much progress with drinking and eating and we are getting lots of mixed advice about it. Will is still not a fan of any vegetables...which I suppose is karma rearing its ugly head! I love vegetables now...but did not as a kid. He still struggles to get food from his fingers to his mouth although he is getting better. He refuses to swallow anything liquid we put in his mouth unless it is by bottle. He spits and sputters and gets really mad when we squeeze the juice box with water in his mouth. If not karma...red-headed stubborness is rearing its head:)
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