11-26-08

Lily is almost over being sick and back to her happy self with the exception of some very bad diaper rash due to the constant diarea caused by the antibiotic. If it's not one thing, it's another!
She's been doing a lot of the whole "being two" thing. By that I mean big temper tantrums and she has perfected her ninja move that makes it virtually impossible to pick her up!

Lily started her occupational therapy this week and has gone twice. She really loves it there. So far they've just been letting her explore and do what appeals to her and have just been getting to know her. They've quickly noticed her stubborn side, lol. One of her speech therapists describes her as "determined", I really like that description, lol. Bringing her to OT so far has been a lot like when I bring her to the gymnastics places. A lot of jumping, climbing, swinging, etc. I'm interested to see how they will use these things to help guide her further.

Since I have added more speech therapists to the mix, things have really moved along for Lily. I really feel that everyone has something to offer and that Lily benefits from multiple influences. She seems to be less distracted outside the home and is more responsive. I enjoy the therapist that comes to the home because she is wonderful at giving me many great suggestions of things I can do with Lily. Unfortunately, Lily has a really hard time during the in-home sessions. She cries and tantrums a lot for one reason or another it seems. She had a really good session yesterday at the speech therapists office. She was very responsive and was able to say a lot of words, or at least a great attempt at them. She also seemed very excited to be there. She ran right into the room and sat right down in her chair. It was good to see her so motivated. It was like she knew what she was there for and was ready to work!

Lily has been watching a dvd that was lent to us and immediately started doing some of the things she was watching! She made it through a whole thing of Simon Says and copied what all the other kids did. She also later pointed at something (I wasn't sure what or that she even knew either) when we went outside and said "what's that?" (they did a lot of that on the dvd). She's still doing her one-time-wonder stuff, but she's doing a lot more of it!

We don't have anymore therapy for the rest of the week, due to the holiday, but it will be nice to be able to have some time off while we are both feeling well. Hopefully we will be able to spend some quality family time and also get in a playdate or two! Lily really misses her friends. She really loves to be around other kids and I'm interested to see how she'll respond to seeing them again.