Month: November 2010

Well my worries got the better of me, and I called up our local KidsAbility to see if I could get J on the list for an assessment. He is still not walking or crawling. They put me on the list, but it is 6-8 weeks just to get an assessment. Then I called this local private company I had heard about. They got me in the next day! I met with a wonderful physiotherapist. It turns out that our little J man is behind. He is very strong, and there is nothing wrong with his muscle tone, he just doesn’t bend! Ok, that bending part is my interpretation. She put it like this “he has trouble with transitional movements”. So we have homework. J is to spend at least 2 hours a day on his tummy, and I need to help him from sitting to crawling position, and back again. Overall, she was positive, and figures that he just needs to gain confidence.

J can use this phrase now appropriately. He likes to dangle his sippy cup over the edge of his chair and watch it drop. Then while looking down he says “uh-oh”. Acutally, it’s more like Ah-oh. R was very worried to go back to school today. I think it was mostly butterflies, but she did start crying. Thank goodness Mrs. C came along, she is a great teacher that R has had for some subjects. She took R in, and stayed with her until she calmed down. All was well.

Yup, my little tyke can say “go, go, go, go”!! It is very funny. I’m not sure if he knows what it means, but he’ll repeat it if you say it. I think he likes it because it is a new sound for him. I am also teaching him “All done”. This is done in signing as rubbing your hands together. When I’m feeding him and I get his had waving/pushing my hand with the spoon away, I now ask if he is “all done” and he shows me the hand signal. I don’t know if he knows what it means, but at least he associates the hand signal with the words.

And another first?? My dear daughter R was sick! I actually had to call her in sick two times this week, including today. Not sure exactly what was wrong, but she has J’s cough, and her stomach really hurt. I sat beside her with a bowl for about an hour while things were dicey. For those of you that know me, you will realize what a huge, and I mean HUGE deal that was for me. I don’t throw up, and I refuse to do it! I think R has a little of me in her! Poor thing.

By the way, she L-O-V-E-S the new car. She is thrilled that she has a button inside to open the sliding doors, she loves the built in sun shades, she loves being able to sit close or far away from her brother!! We have not yet tried out the DVD player, we told her it is only for long (out of town) rides, and she is on pins and needles to try it out. I’m thrilled with the wireless headphones that come with it!!

Well, it seems J has come through the worst of the cold, and is now on the up swing. He is much happier, and is sleeping through the night again (which makes us happier!). Now he seems to be bursting with new things. Today he managed to cruise along the coffee table!! Granted it is only about 1m from end to end, but he still managed to ‘cruise’ from one end to the other. Not quickly mind you, but when I realized he had done it he got some serious smooches!

At Logos with daddy, he learned another life saving skill. Before he would make a continious tone, and we would move his lips to make noises. He learned to do it himself today! Very important I know.