The cute things are just growing now! Last night I told Lily if she ate her steak that she could have a cookie. She looked at me and said "Popsicle, ok?" Oh, how she is learning the art of negotiation ALREADY!! She was eating and spilled some on the floor, looked down at it and said, "It's ok" (she clearly understands that messes are the norm around here, lol). While we were eating she pointed to each of our drinks and said "Daddy's drink, Mommy's drink, Lily's drink!"
She has had such a great couple of days with her speech. She has been talking actual words nonstop. She is constantly talking with her toys. Today she found one of those horses on a stick at the dollar store so she's saying "Giddyup Horsie! Horsie Ride!" Then she rode it from the car to the front door (all the while saying giddyup, lol). She then proceeded to throw it on the roof of her "fort" (it's her climber, but we put a blanket over the top) and then said, "Help!!" followed by "I'm coming Horsie!" Then when she reached him, "Come on, come on, follow me!!" and brought him back down the tower. At the store she actually wanted TWO of those (one of each color) and I told her she could only have one, so she picked the brown one. I could see her mind working as she kept looking at the other one and I reminded her that she could only have one. As I began to push the cart away she said, "mommy too?" as she pointed to the other horse. I told her nice try, but "mommy" did not need a horse.
While we were at the dollar store I solved one of those great mysteries. Lily has been saying "Coco Bana" from time to time and I've had NO IDEA what in the world that was. Today she saw something at the dollar store and said "Coco Bana, Coco Bana!" and was pointing frantically. I was so excited I pushed the cart closer to her point and sure enough, there it was...a Kung Fu Panda coloring book, lol.
We had her evaluation yesterday for preschool. We still have to go back in a couple of weeks for a follow up, but I was glad that she stayed very true to her typical self. They seemed extra impressed that she was able to amuse herself so well, which I thought was funny because they had her play in a room that was FULL of toys. Of course she had to check out everything! It was a little embarrassing and out of character for her to have answered this one question...
They were taking things out of the pretend fridge and asking her what they were. They got to this white bottle that was presumably suppose to be milk (though she doesn't drink that and it didn't look like the gallon-container she would be use to seeing in our fridge) and when asked what it was Lily responded with "Beer" LMAO now, but it was quite embarrassing, especially since we don't drink Beer in our house and she's never even said that word before! I assume that will be the first of MANY embarrassing moments.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
8-16-09
Just wanted to update on a few cute things Lily has done today. This morning the hubby told her "Good Job!" and she turned around and said "good job, give me five' and ran over and gave him a "low five", it was very cute. Later Lily was playing with her stuffed dog and was pretending that it was giving her kisses and she said, "aw, that's nice"
In the tub she was playing with her Dora toys and she was talking with them and making them talk back! She was saying "Do it again?" with Dora saying "Sure!" and then of course she was talking with Boots as well and making all kinds of commentary. Lily is taking speech by storm and I am loving every minute of it!
In the tub she was playing with her Dora toys and she was talking with them and making them talk back! She was saying "Do it again?" with Dora saying "Sure!" and then of course she was talking with Boots as well and making all kinds of commentary. Lily is taking speech by storm and I am loving every minute of it!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Lily Clip
Here's a clip of Lily trying desperately to swim after the camera so she can take a look :)
8-13-09
Lily of course, continues to do very well. Her speech is, in my opinion, remarkable for how far she's come in what I feel is a very short time considering the obstacles that she has been able to overcome. Yesterday I put her on the phone with my sister and told her to say "Hi Aunt Sonia", not only did she say that, but she added, "How are you, how are you doing?" I was floored to say the least. The other day we were washing her hands and she said "Too hot! Colder!" We were at the pool yesterday and before we left she continuously said "Bye" while waving to a group of teenage girls, (who sadly didn't even look up at her) but it was just another moment where she didn't need to be instructed as to what to do in a social situation.
I have kept Lily on her medication without altering it, even if sleep has been effected. I'm finally back to sleeping in my own bed!!! This has been a huge accomplishment, but also a very necessary one (Lily is a very "active" sleeper). I would not have been able to do it without Lily being on the trazodone though.
Lily still wakes in the night, sometimes putting herself back to sleep after some babbling, sometimes staying up for 2 or 3 hours. But when she has been up she does understand that it is time for bed, but sadly she just isn't tired. I try not to get up with her (been having the hubby do that if necessary, she seems to get too excited when she sees mommy...oh darn, lol).
Lily's been tantruming more often if she doesn't get her way, one typical two behavior I wouldn't have minded avoiding. Part of it is our fault. When she began being able to tell us what she wants, we would give it to her. This really helped reinforce Lily's drive to continue to learn and push herself. There comes a time though, that she can't always have ice cream.
In just two short months our two-year-old, will be a three-year-old. Seems so hard to believe!!
Next week she will have her evaluation for preschool. I really feel that she is ready for school and would greatly benefit from it. Depending on what our school options are, I may end up putting her in a regular classroom and tell them that she has some speech delay. At this point, I would be surprised if anyone would mention anything to me that would imply that she had any other difficulties other than some developmental delays. Lily doesn't understand a lot of basic questions yet, which may raise a flag, but other than that she's coming into her own.
I have kept Lily on her medication without altering it, even if sleep has been effected. I'm finally back to sleeping in my own bed!!! This has been a huge accomplishment, but also a very necessary one (Lily is a very "active" sleeper). I would not have been able to do it without Lily being on the trazodone though.
Lily still wakes in the night, sometimes putting herself back to sleep after some babbling, sometimes staying up for 2 or 3 hours. But when she has been up she does understand that it is time for bed, but sadly she just isn't tired. I try not to get up with her (been having the hubby do that if necessary, she seems to get too excited when she sees mommy...oh darn, lol).
Lily's been tantruming more often if she doesn't get her way, one typical two behavior I wouldn't have minded avoiding. Part of it is our fault. When she began being able to tell us what she wants, we would give it to her. This really helped reinforce Lily's drive to continue to learn and push herself. There comes a time though, that she can't always have ice cream.
In just two short months our two-year-old, will be a three-year-old. Seems so hard to believe!!
Next week she will have her evaluation for preschool. I really feel that she is ready for school and would greatly benefit from it. Depending on what our school options are, I may end up putting her in a regular classroom and tell them that she has some speech delay. At this point, I would be surprised if anyone would mention anything to me that would imply that she had any other difficulties other than some developmental delays. Lily doesn't understand a lot of basic questions yet, which may raise a flag, but other than that she's coming into her own.
Friday, August 7, 2009
8/7/09
Lily has been doing great so far, now that we have her back on her meds. I don't know how to taper her off them without putting her through hell, so for now I'm keeping her on them. She has an evaluation in a couple of weeks to test her for preschool and I really want her to have a placement that fits her needs. We can't afford for her to be having an "off" day, otherwise we could get a bad eval. I want to make sure that she is placed where kids have a higher skill level than her so she can learn from them.
Lily is talking up a storm now, though she still struggles with being understood sometimes. She's really trying to overcome her apraxia. She's been able to say big words now (earlier this week she said "I'm accomplished" and today she said "Madame Blueberry") and is starting to say a lot more spontaneous commentary, like "Awesome!" Now sometimes she will actually call my name to get my attention before she says something. The other day when we were at the pool she wanted to hang out by a group of teenagers, so I let her for a few minutes and then swam over to relieve them of her and she pointed at me and said "my mommy" and looked at the girl she had been sitting next to, as if to introduce me.
I've been excited about a couple of things that are starting to emerge for Lily. I've been trying to teach her the concept of "where" as in a location (friend's houses, home, the pool, the store, etc.) Whenever I would ask her "where are we" she wouldn't understand the question, but last week she answered me as I asked her when we got to my sister's house, she said "Aunt Sonia's House!" and the other day I said the same thing when we arrived home and she said "Home!"
I've also been trying to teach her "what do you see?" so she can point to things outside that she sees and share them with me, as I often do with her. She's starting to grasp that question as well. It's difficult for kids on the spectrum to understand "what, why, where, how" among others, but she'll get there.
Lily is talking up a storm now, though she still struggles with being understood sometimes. She's really trying to overcome her apraxia. She's been able to say big words now (earlier this week she said "I'm accomplished" and today she said "Madame Blueberry") and is starting to say a lot more spontaneous commentary, like "Awesome!" Now sometimes she will actually call my name to get my attention before she says something. The other day when we were at the pool she wanted to hang out by a group of teenagers, so I let her for a few minutes and then swam over to relieve them of her and she pointed at me and said "my mommy" and looked at the girl she had been sitting next to, as if to introduce me.
I've been excited about a couple of things that are starting to emerge for Lily. I've been trying to teach her the concept of "where" as in a location (friend's houses, home, the pool, the store, etc.) Whenever I would ask her "where are we" she wouldn't understand the question, but last week she answered me as I asked her when we got to my sister's house, she said "Aunt Sonia's House!" and the other day I said the same thing when we arrived home and she said "Home!"
I've also been trying to teach her "what do you see?" so she can point to things outside that she sees and share them with me, as I often do with her. She's starting to grasp that question as well. It's difficult for kids on the spectrum to understand "what, why, where, how" among others, but she'll get there.
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