So this morning I made some cookies for the kiddos. It was a Jamie Oliver recipe, I will share it on my blog later, and it chilled in the fridge overnight then got cut up and baked this am. It was a cf/gf recipe and they were pretty yummy. I made the kids wait until later because obviously I would not let them have cookies for breakfast.
The twins loved them. Josey too. I thought they were pretty darn good as well. anyhow....per instructions from the ST and the CW I obviously make sure that I tell Brady what it is and really draw the word out.
this afternoon after nap he got up...pointed to the table(where the cookies were) and said, "ooo-kee". Really?! Seriously?! I think that is the "longest" word so far that he has spit out. I cannot help but wonder how much the gf/cf diet is helping him. He totally said cookie.
will I ever stop crying with new words from him? : )
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April 15, 2010
March 24, 2010
Eyes, Nose and Mouth...Oh my!
ok...so yesterday was a down day. I had a headache, I was tired and was having a tough time watching Brady struggle.
I want to turn my view point around today so I thought I would blog about some great news concerning Brady and some funnies from the girls.
Brady has never been able to point out body parts, most specifically his face. Lucey has been doing this for months. Many months. So we have been working with him more. He has finally been doing it! YAYYY! It started by me asking where his eyes were and he would blink them. Ask him about his nose and he would wrinkle it. Move to the mouth and he would open it. Now though he is full on pointing to them. I am over the moon! I keep asking the poor kid to show me. I am sure he is tired of it by now. He also makes noises with each one. The only one close enough for others to understand is "eyes" and he says that one pretty spot on. The nose and mouth need work but he knows where they are so I am gonna take it. Just watch your eyes because he is none to gentle when showing you where yours are.
Lucey is exploding with her words and phrases and such lately. it is amusing to listen to her too because of course she is a little sponge and she picks up on everything she hears. some of the cute things out of her mouth? "I awake. get drink, snack now?" When we get somewhere and she has taken off her shoes and socks in her carseat, as has Brady, she looks at me and says, "shoes, socks off. Bubs too Mom." and her favorite..."I want uppy."
I am trying my hardest to make sure to celebrate her words as hard as I am working on Brady's. I suppose for any mom with one child needing some help that balance is a tough one but I think having two the same age sometimes adds to my difficulties.
Josey is all about school and learning. Which is awesome. We recently found a website with a camera in an owlhouse 24/7. She is constantly asking for me to "turn the owl on". She will sit and watch to see what Molly the owl is doing. What is she eating. How many babies have hatched etc. They are studying balls at school. *giggle giggle* She is bargaining with me about which of her balls she wants to take. I think I will have to buckle today and let her take her "princess" one since that is the one she is fixated on.
Ok...so we have gymnastics this morning, school after that(my turn to carpool) and then Zumba this evening. so we have a busy day ahead. off to get it started.
I want to turn my view point around today so I thought I would blog about some great news concerning Brady and some funnies from the girls.
Brady has never been able to point out body parts, most specifically his face. Lucey has been doing this for months. Many months. So we have been working with him more. He has finally been doing it! YAYYY! It started by me asking where his eyes were and he would blink them. Ask him about his nose and he would wrinkle it. Move to the mouth and he would open it. Now though he is full on pointing to them. I am over the moon! I keep asking the poor kid to show me. I am sure he is tired of it by now. He also makes noises with each one. The only one close enough for others to understand is "eyes" and he says that one pretty spot on. The nose and mouth need work but he knows where they are so I am gonna take it. Just watch your eyes because he is none to gentle when showing you where yours are.
Lucey is exploding with her words and phrases and such lately. it is amusing to listen to her too because of course she is a little sponge and she picks up on everything she hears. some of the cute things out of her mouth? "I awake. get drink, snack now?" When we get somewhere and she has taken off her shoes and socks in her carseat, as has Brady, she looks at me and says, "shoes, socks off. Bubs too Mom." and her favorite..."I want uppy."
I am trying my hardest to make sure to celebrate her words as hard as I am working on Brady's. I suppose for any mom with one child needing some help that balance is a tough one but I think having two the same age sometimes adds to my difficulties.
Josey is all about school and learning. Which is awesome. We recently found a website with a camera in an owlhouse 24/7. She is constantly asking for me to "turn the owl on". She will sit and watch to see what Molly the owl is doing. What is she eating. How many babies have hatched etc. They are studying balls at school. *giggle giggle* She is bargaining with me about which of her balls she wants to take. I think I will have to buckle today and let her take her "princess" one since that is the one she is fixated on.
Ok...so we have gymnastics this morning, school after that(my turn to carpool) and then Zumba this evening. so we have a busy day ahead. off to get it started.
March 10, 2010
the game plan
So we are going to wait to get Brady evaluated. The EI people will need to look at his progress come June so we will go ahead and schedule testing at the University for that time frame just in case we still need to have him looked at.
For the next month we have appts. scheduled once a week to work with him. Case worker and SLP trading weeks. Tomorrow is the case worker, L. I will be glad to see her and again get some more tips and ideas for working with him.
He was trying to say Elmo earlier. It was adorable. Lucey of course loves "melmo" herself and has been saying that forever so he was repeating her when she would say it. But he was pointing at him so I am gonna count it as a try. :)
I have also been sitting with him and doing some flash cards. Just simple pictures for now. Nothing too detailed because I don't want to complicate things for him. showing them to him, naming them and then trying to have him point them out to me when I have them grouped into threes. I am trying to mimic some of the stuff that I have seen the workers do when they are here.
Josey had gymnastics this morning. It is her second session and she really is doing well. I just love to watch her. The teacher told her today that she was doing so well maybe she could just teach the class for her. Josey could not have smiled any bigger. She came running over to tell me all about it. She was bursting she was so proud of herself.
After that we went to a new playgroup for Multiples. It was fun to have 4 sets of twins in one room with older siblings and one pregnant mom too. There was one set of older twins, L and B, another set of 2 yo and 10 week old babies. Oh so cute. loved them. Brady was all about sitting beside one of the little babies. She was smiling at Brady. it was so precious.
ok....everyone is in bed. it is quiet and I am hungry because I think I have yet to eat dinner so I am going to go find a snack and enjoy Dinner Impossible on Food Network.
For the next month we have appts. scheduled once a week to work with him. Case worker and SLP trading weeks. Tomorrow is the case worker, L. I will be glad to see her and again get some more tips and ideas for working with him.
He was trying to say Elmo earlier. It was adorable. Lucey of course loves "melmo" herself and has been saying that forever so he was repeating her when she would say it. But he was pointing at him so I am gonna count it as a try. :)
I have also been sitting with him and doing some flash cards. Just simple pictures for now. Nothing too detailed because I don't want to complicate things for him. showing them to him, naming them and then trying to have him point them out to me when I have them grouped into threes. I am trying to mimic some of the stuff that I have seen the workers do when they are here.
Josey had gymnastics this morning. It is her second session and she really is doing well. I just love to watch her. The teacher told her today that she was doing so well maybe she could just teach the class for her. Josey could not have smiled any bigger. She came running over to tell me all about it. She was bursting she was so proud of herself.
After that we went to a new playgroup for Multiples. It was fun to have 4 sets of twins in one room with older siblings and one pregnant mom too. There was one set of older twins, L and B, another set of 2 yo and 10 week old babies. Oh so cute. loved them. Brady was all about sitting beside one of the little babies. She was smiling at Brady. it was so precious.
ok....everyone is in bed. it is quiet and I am hungry because I think I have yet to eat dinner so I am going to go find a snack and enjoy Dinner Impossible on Food Network.
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