Megan has learned to get down the stairs. She can now scoot on her bottom all the way down. She practiced on the bottom three stairs for a few days and then yesterday started from the top and she was so proud of herself (me too).
I get progress sheets on Megan each day that outline what IEP goals she worked on that day and how she did with it. They have been working on her OT goals each day, specifically threading beads onto a pipe cleaner and stacking foam blocks. Both of these are things I told them Megan could already do, but she needed to do them for the teachers for them to "count". Well, today's note said they had moved to working with using scissors because Megan "does good" with the other two items. She completed two of her 5 goals and gets to move to something new. Yay Megan! There are things about her new school that I am still adjusting to, but I am definitely pleased with it.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
Recovering from ear infection and puzzles
Megan wasn't feel great this past weekend and then on Monday she coughed off/on all night. On Tuesday I got her in to see the doctor and they said she had an ear infection. That cleared up some things, on Monday we were in the car and she would just start screaming in pain for no apparent reason - her ear was obviously hurting.
She is doing better today, she started doing better yesterday afternoon. She feels good, but she is still really struggling to sleep at night because she is coughing so she is a little tired.
Megan is more interested in puzzles right now than she has ever been. She would play with one for a minute or two but then move on to something else when she couldn't get the pieces to fit. We have been playing with puzzles a lot the past 2 days and she is doing really well with them. I see her using a technique that I know they have been using with her at school. It is good to see progress and that things are sinking in.
She is doing better today, she started doing better yesterday afternoon. She feels good, but she is still really struggling to sleep at night because she is coughing so she is a little tired.
Megan is more interested in puzzles right now than she has ever been. She would play with one for a minute or two but then move on to something else when she couldn't get the pieces to fit. We have been playing with puzzles a lot the past 2 days and she is doing really well with them. I see her using a technique that I know they have been using with her at school. It is good to see progress and that things are sinking in.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Possibly congenital trigger finger
The weekend before Megan's ortho appointment I noticed the ring finger on her right hand had started getting stuck. It was extremely easy to release it though Megan's finger can't do it under its own power it has to be helped. I talked to the orthopedist about it and this one said that no amount of buddy-taping would fix it; that is can come and go, etc. It is still very minor but something we have to keep an eye on.
He mentioned that this can be congenital, though I haven't researched it yet. It makes me sad to think that she could possibly have another surgery in her future.
He mentioned that this can be congenital, though I haven't researched it yet. It makes me sad to think that she could possibly have another surgery in her future.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Catching up from our new home in Texas
Megan loves our new home; she loves all of the open space she has to walk and push her shopping cart, baby stroller and wagon. She will walk back and forth non-stop until we distract her with something else. She was also thrilled to see stairs again. The first time she saw them she climbed up and down them until we made her stop. Because we have spindles she can even walk up them when she wants to.
She can now climb on and off of her bouncy horse by herself. She can also climb her slide by herself, though she still needs supervision with it since she sometimes tries to skip a step.
She has also learned how to climb onto and off of all of our furniture. She had started trying to get on our furniture before we moved but she was only successful about half of the time.
Megan has been feeding herself for a couple of months now. She is even using the spoon with breakfast with Will holding onto it to keep her from throwing it - but she is doing all of the work herself. She is getting good with using signs or the pictures to ask for "more" food. We are adding more pictures into her day to help her communicate. Two nights ago she used her green sheep book to tell us that she wanted to go to bed. She found the page with the bed sheep on it and kept touching it until we figured out what she wanted.
A couple of weeks ago Megan was yelling to get my attention and I told her to use her words. She stopped, got a look on her face like she was really thinking about it and then she tried to say something - she opened her mouth and tried to say something but nothing happened; then she got upset and grunted and yelled at me. It was a great thing that she tried but sad that she couldn't do it and got so frustrated. She has started using more and more signs again.
Yesterday at Megan's ortho appointment she was identifying animals on the pages of a new book. I told her what they were and then would change the pages and go back and ask her to touch the animal and she would do it. She did great.
Megan has been walking a lot in public now. She was in the grocery cart the other day and was unhappy, so I took her out. She wanted to get down and then she proceeded to follow Will as he walked through the store. She then walked all over the sidewalk outside while Will was checking out.
Since being in Texas Megan has gotten new glasses (twice, because she broke the first pair) and new orthotics. Her new glasses a little stronger and she likes them. She still messes with them and will take them off but it is so much less than with her old ones. She looks so cute in them too. Her new orthotics just slip into her shoes to give her a little support, but she does great without them too. Her new orthopedist said he would never have guessed she had low muscle tone when he saw her. Her alignment is the same when she is barefoot. We did see a difference when she got them so we will keep using them, she seems more confident and she doesn't fatigue like she was without them.
She can now climb on and off of her bouncy horse by herself. She can also climb her slide by herself, though she still needs supervision with it since she sometimes tries to skip a step.
She has also learned how to climb onto and off of all of our furniture. She had started trying to get on our furniture before we moved but she was only successful about half of the time.
Megan has been feeding herself for a couple of months now. She is even using the spoon with breakfast with Will holding onto it to keep her from throwing it - but she is doing all of the work herself. She is getting good with using signs or the pictures to ask for "more" food. We are adding more pictures into her day to help her communicate. Two nights ago she used her green sheep book to tell us that she wanted to go to bed. She found the page with the bed sheep on it and kept touching it until we figured out what she wanted.
A couple of weeks ago Megan was yelling to get my attention and I told her to use her words. She stopped, got a look on her face like she was really thinking about it and then she tried to say something - she opened her mouth and tried to say something but nothing happened; then she got upset and grunted and yelled at me. It was a great thing that she tried but sad that she couldn't do it and got so frustrated. She has started using more and more signs again.
Yesterday at Megan's ortho appointment she was identifying animals on the pages of a new book. I told her what they were and then would change the pages and go back and ask her to touch the animal and she would do it. She did great.
Megan has been walking a lot in public now. She was in the grocery cart the other day and was unhappy, so I took her out. She wanted to get down and then she proceeded to follow Will as he walked through the store. She then walked all over the sidewalk outside while Will was checking out.
Since being in Texas Megan has gotten new glasses (twice, because she broke the first pair) and new orthotics. Her new glasses a little stronger and she likes them. She still messes with them and will take them off but it is so much less than with her old ones. She looks so cute in them too. Her new orthotics just slip into her shoes to give her a little support, but she does great without them too. Her new orthopedist said he would never have guessed she had low muscle tone when he saw her. Her alignment is the same when she is barefoot. We did see a difference when she got them so we will keep using them, she seems more confident and she doesn't fatigue like she was without them.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)