April 20, 2009

Where does the time go? Time is moving at warp speed lately, and I don't expect it will slow down anytime soon. We're looking forward to summer, things should slow down by then. S and mom endured another day at school today. I've realized that it is a rich and rewarding experience for her and that she doesn't see the faults like I do. If it only affects me, then I don't need to worry about it. Today S put a cup up to her mouth like she was going to drink multiple times. I think she thinks she was faking us out. She looked very skilled at her attempts to drink, if you were watching from a distance, you would have never known she wasn't drinking. She did something really great today at school. a little boy was trying to take away her play plate at the play kitchen area. She held tight and wouldn't let him take it from her. She thought quickly and grabbed another plate with her one hand and gave it to the boy. This made him let go and she got to keep her plate. Way to problem solve!!!! She is the oldest in the class, and it is the most evident in her play skills. The other children come up beside her and play with the same toy as she is playing with. She always lets them play whereas they will push her away or pull the toy away from her.

She is using many 3 or more word sentences now. She'll point to something and say,"See the _____?" She is really catching on to what letters are and mean. When she sees letters, she will say some of the letters that she knows. 'Z' is her favorite letter. She loves to sing the ABC song, even though she doesn't know most of the letters. Today she heard someone say a letter and she started saying a letter and it's sound. I am really amazed at the progress she's making. She seems to be improving in the area of attachment also. The only area we still need to work on is increased eye contact, which is coming along with her increased vocabulary. I make her look me in the eyes when she is asking me something. She used to be really scared when people were clapping their hands. We were at an event the other night and she wasn't scared at all. Another thing she is doing is saying scared or afraid when she wants to be picked up. She is 34 months old today. I'm hoping that she'll be caught up developmentally by the time she's 3. There will be some areas that she'll still fall behind in, but they are due to unresolved sensory issues. We are hoping NR will repair all of that. We go for our re-eval in about 3 weeks, so I'll be sure to report on her progress.