11-21-08

Lily's been really sick, so again, another week of no therapy. Not really a huge deal, she is still progressing as usual. She has a very bad cold and a sinus infection, but has been doing better since she started her antibiotic on wednesday night. She's also taking some cough medicine that has codeine in it which has really helped her to FINALLY get some much needed sleep.

Lily's been talking a little, but not clearly or consistently. She can say (with help and sound prompting)"up", "mom", "dada", "no" and "moo" (finally :) "open" and "help", but as I said, not clearly, even "no" is such a struggle for her that it doesn't sound quite right, but I am very happy with her accomplishments. She tries so hard and gets so frustrated that it makes my heart ache for her. When you ask her to say something she usually says "bob" and then gets mad that that is what came out and then starts to ramble a bunch of other sounds and starts to cry because she can't say what she wants to. But she is trying!

Lily is starting to point to things she sees, like a plane in the sky. Still no pointing for a request, but she is getting better at following a point. I started Lily on a multivitamin yesterday that a lot of kids on the spectrum use called Super Nu-Thera. I hope it helps her make some of the connections she's lacking. No one likes to watch their child struggle.