New Things

We started the Theraputic Listening program on Tuesday. For now, we are having her put the headphones on in the car on the way homw from school. The OT said it could make her tired, so rather than try after she gets home, we tried the car. She does great with it and seems to enjoy it. Hallelujah that she can enjoy therapy! I am already seeing some changes. The OT said she will be more emotional during the initial adjustment time. Well, this child isn't emotional on a normal basis. She is always in happy mode, sometimes frustrated, and not usally sad. That is the extent of her emotions. She never really talks about an emotional state of being, other than viocing frustration. She has given hugs and kisses all on her own the past couple of days. She had the headphones on today and announced to me she wasn't afraid. She has been going up the stairs on her own, which she is normally afraid to do. She seems more willing to do things. Every day, she asks about doing her exercises. It's more of an anxiety thing and getting it over with than a desire to do them. She asks about the fetals every time. I ask if she wants to do them, usually it's no, but I ask if she can do just one. She climbs on top of me and willingly does them. I only do a few and always stop before she asks. We do the startle with her on top of me to. We have scheduled "snuggle time" at the end. Today, I pulled up our shirts and we had belly time with our bare bellies touchig one another. She tolerated this very well. A BIT practitioner is coming to my area and I'm considering trying it out. I would love to see how the listening program is doing before I add in another thing. The listening program is very promising, so I would love to hold off. That way, I'll be able to tell which program does what. How do you know what to do more of if you are doing several things at once? If I had all the money in the world, I guess it wouldn't matter, just do more of all of it. I'm still battling with the school to allow her in a VPK program. The good news is that we have been 100% faithful to the NR program. I didn't think we would get there, but here we are! Yipee! I hope we can stick with it.