12/17/08

Last night Anthony and I had our first meeting for RDI therapy. It seems like it's going to be a tough thing to do initially, since it's very much "this is what we are going to do right now whether you like it or not" kind of a thing. It would be tough to do with any two year old, let alone one as strong willed as Lily! It will be a good thing in the long run though.

We had another meeting with the Dr. we are seeing for Lily's Floor Time therapy. This is the therapy where you are a participant in her world and she leads the play. It has been very beneficial to her so far and her attention span, eye contact and interaction have greatly excelled since I've started to do that with her. The Dr. was very impressed at all of her progress since the last time that we were there. We will be having a grad student work with her a couple of times a week starting on friday. Lily really has responded positively to most any intervention that we have done with her, so I'm looking forward to tons more progress!!

Luckily, Lily continues to progress though she hasn't been at therapy for the past week due to her cough. I'm always so proud of how much she really tries. Socially, she has excelled the most recently. She has been seeking my attention more and has been so much more engaging. She has wanted to "share" her food and toys with us. She has started to look to us to see our reaction to things as well. Her separation anxiety has gotten worse though, so we'll be working on that as soon as we get a behavior plan together. It would be nice if I could leave the room sometime without her having a meltdown. A lot of that has to do with how long she's been sick lately. Hopefully that will turn around!!