(my apologies because I think this post title was used by a friend for the same reason but I know you will understand why I also used it...)
Brady just said "apple" while using the sign.
As if this was not enough he just put together, through sign and words, "apple, more, please", in that order. Using BOTH the signs AND the words. and he was pretty darn clear with all those words as well.
I absolutely cried hearing that from him. We have gone through almost 4 apples in the process as well. lol Kind of like the bubbles...if he wants apples he will get apples. I am just over the moon right now.
April 8, 2010
Bubbles
One of the things we are working with Brady on is being more aware of his mouth and lips and tongue. His ST blows bubbles with him and touchs his mouth with them. Through these bubbles she explained she is also working on sensory issues as well as his verbal development. He also started hitting his chest and saying "me" when he wanted a turn with the bubble wand and blowing bubbles. Bubbles have been a good thing here.
We have a bubble blower. I like to set it up and start it blowing bubbles outside for the kids to chase and also when they are playing on the back porch sometimes too.
Yesterday Brady got up and gestured to the back porch and said, "bubble". oh.my.goodness. I about fell over. I excitedly repeated "bubble" to him and commended him for "good talking". I got the bubble blower and brought it inside to blow bubbles for him. Unfortunately the bubble blower had passed away sometime in the night. I will be buying a new one. If he wants bubbles and will ask me for bubbles....dude we will get him bubbles. :)
We have a bubble blower. I like to set it up and start it blowing bubbles outside for the kids to chase and also when they are playing on the back porch sometimes too.
Yesterday Brady got up and gestured to the back porch and said, "bubble". oh.my.goodness. I about fell over. I excitedly repeated "bubble" to him and commended him for "good talking". I got the bubble blower and brought it inside to blow bubbles for him. Unfortunately the bubble blower had passed away sometime in the night. I will be buying a new one. If he wants bubbles and will ask me for bubbles....dude we will get him bubbles. :)
April 3, 2010
It is April!
We are doing well here...loving the warm up in our weather. It is sooo nice to be able to go outside and play. To be able to open all the windows and enjoy the fresh air.
Brady is coming along. He has added "uhh-ey"(uppy) when he wants us to pick him up and "sooes" for shoes. It is awesome that he is using uppy spontaneously when he wants us to pick him up, in the right context and all. He is also using "feesh"(fish) and baby more often.
So his words now are:
mom
daddy
sissy
no
uppy
shoes
fish
drink
night
bye
baby
eat
cheese
more
please
I think that is it. I will add to this when I remember more.
Lucey is all kinds of funny. She is talking up a storm and it is always amusing. She pottied in the potty for the first time last week. It was a one time thing. lol That is ok. Josey did it all in her own time and I am sure that Lucey and Brady will too. She is definitely her own person with her own sweet personality. She has no problem holding her own with Brady and Josey either. She is a snuggler for sure and still prefers to be touched while trying to go to sleep. Her and I often spend the last half of the night sleeping together.
Josey is growing like a weed. I put a 5T dress on her the other day, I swear it fit fine when she first got it, and it was a little short. Good thing I prefer shorts under all dresses...this one needed it. She is a sweet kiddo and is always making drawings and cards for her friends and family. She is going to be starting some summer gymnastics this year. She took a couple of short sessions at the Y and loved it. She seems to have a knack for it and since she enjoys it I figured why not. Next week she starts another season of spring soccer. I am her coach this time and I think we will have fun! I will definitely update on how that goes.
Overall we are busy and happy and having fun these days. Happy for spring and loving the warmer weather. It is the day before Easter and tomorrow we will be having an Easter meal and egg hunt with some good friends. Next week we have a shower for my brother in law who will be getting married in early May. This time next month we will be in sunny Florida for his wedding. Looking forward to that! Brad is best man and Brady will be the ring bearer. Looking forward to seeing my guys dressed up and looking great!
Brady is coming along. He has added "uhh-ey"(uppy) when he wants us to pick him up and "sooes" for shoes. It is awesome that he is using uppy spontaneously when he wants us to pick him up, in the right context and all. He is also using "feesh"(fish) and baby more often.
So his words now are:
mom
daddy
sissy
no
uppy
shoes
fish
drink
night
bye
baby
eat
cheese
more
please
I think that is it. I will add to this when I remember more.
Lucey is all kinds of funny. She is talking up a storm and it is always amusing. She pottied in the potty for the first time last week. It was a one time thing. lol That is ok. Josey did it all in her own time and I am sure that Lucey and Brady will too. She is definitely her own person with her own sweet personality. She has no problem holding her own with Brady and Josey either. She is a snuggler for sure and still prefers to be touched while trying to go to sleep. Her and I often spend the last half of the night sleeping together.
Josey is growing like a weed. I put a 5T dress on her the other day, I swear it fit fine when she first got it, and it was a little short. Good thing I prefer shorts under all dresses...this one needed it. She is a sweet kiddo and is always making drawings and cards for her friends and family. She is going to be starting some summer gymnastics this year. She took a couple of short sessions at the Y and loved it. She seems to have a knack for it and since she enjoys it I figured why not. Next week she starts another season of spring soccer. I am her coach this time and I think we will have fun! I will definitely update on how that goes.
Overall we are busy and happy and having fun these days. Happy for spring and loving the warmer weather. It is the day before Easter and tomorrow we will be having an Easter meal and egg hunt with some good friends. Next week we have a shower for my brother in law who will be getting married in early May. This time next month we will be in sunny Florida for his wedding. Looking forward to that! Brad is best man and Brady will be the ring bearer. Looking forward to seeing my guys dressed up and looking great!
March 26, 2010
Pajama Time
So I took a couple of videos last night of both Brady and Lucey. It was after bathtime so they are fresh and clean and all jammied up. My favorite. Brad and Josey were at the library so it was just us. Lucey was tired and you can tell she is as not as "with it" as Brady but these are still cute. This is my video brag of Brady pointing out his eyes, nose and mouth. You can hear him clearly say "hi", "eyes" and "die"(bye) in this video as well as some other vocalizations. Enjoy! I know Brad got a kick out of them when he got home.
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 23, 2010
my heart
it is both heart breaking and heart warming to watch Brady try to talk.
He tries to. I know he does. Sometimes he is successful but sometimes...not so much. Today is just one of those days where listening to him try so hard, listening to him grunt out words that I know mean something to him, is just hard.
It probably does not help that I have a horrid headache as well.
He tries to. I know he does. Sometimes he is successful but sometimes...not so much. Today is just one of those days where listening to him try so hard, listening to him grunt out words that I know mean something to him, is just hard.
It probably does not help that I have a horrid headache as well.
March 20, 2010
Me!
So yesterday was Brady's appt. with the SLP, "S".
I took the girls to a friends house which proceeded to throw Brady into a terrible meltdown. It was awful. We got back home, they are only about 5 minutes away, and he cried until S showed up. I was worried he would not be able to get past it and be able to have his therapy but he did.
What an awesome job he did too! He was being very social with her. Some of the things he did that just excited the hell out of me...
1. he was taking turns sharing bubbles with S. Brady would hold the wand out for her to blow a bubble and then he would just giggle and giggle at her attempt. This is awesome stuff. I started crying watching him.
2. tear jerker number two...in the process of them taking turns she started modeling for him to touch his chest and say "me" when asked who wanted a turn. He did it a few times with prompting and then started to spontaneously answer that way. I seriously started to cry. I was so happy to see and hear him trying and learning. His me was not super perfect but damn he sure was trying.
Overall it was a great session and I was thrilled with him. He was trying. and he was just Brady and man I love that kid!
I did talk to her some about his sensory issues. Here is the deal...he has started toe walking. every few days or so. He also spins and will stand with his head on the ground and look at things upside down. S has noticed he is very aversive to having his mouth touched or hands near his face in general and there are some other sensory red flags. The oh-so-tricky thing is that ASD-sensory issues-speech delays-neuro symptoms-hearing and such...all of these things are linked. in a complicated way. At his age it is hard to say for sure if it is ASD, sensory integration problems, dyspraxia or other language disorders. again...this is my understanding.
I asked S about getting him into OT and she said it could be helpful, it is hard to predict. I am not too sure that our insurance would cover it without a diagnosis and we have to wait until June to get into the University for testing so we will wait on the OT until then.
The tough part of the ST is the wait. Brady saying "me" is huge for him. wait..not just saying "me" but understanding that he is "me", that is the huge part. Overall though it is a small step of a long journey. I am trying my best to just enjoy this journey, as I try with any other journey I am on, but there are times when I cannot help but want to speed things up and just hear him "talk". Soon enough I hope...soon enough.
So here is a funny for you guys...my husband is king of teaching the kids mildly inapprpriate things. Mostly these things are not what I would teach but they are funny. So this morning I go in to change diapers and he picks up the book 101 Dalmations. He points to the female character and asks Lucey what that is. I am expecting her to say dog or maybe even dalmation. nope.
"Beach" she says. it takes me a minute. I think about it and then shoot Brad a mildly scathing look.
"Did you teach her to call that dog a 'bitch'?" I ask him under my breath.
He sheepishly grins at me, the look that one makes when they know they are "in trouble", and says, "I told her that was a bitch and that one(the male) is a stud."
I wanted to be mad but first off...those terms are right, not what I would teach my 2 year old necessarily, but accurate. Secondly it was beyond adorable to hear her say it.
Right now she has no idea what she is saying and it will now fade from memory. I think for both of us to push her verbal skills to their limits is just where we are at. Making sure she is ok where she is since B is working so hard to catch up.
ah...a glimpse of the household in which we live.
I took the girls to a friends house which proceeded to throw Brady into a terrible meltdown. It was awful. We got back home, they are only about 5 minutes away, and he cried until S showed up. I was worried he would not be able to get past it and be able to have his therapy but he did.
What an awesome job he did too! He was being very social with her. Some of the things he did that just excited the hell out of me...
1. he was taking turns sharing bubbles with S. Brady would hold the wand out for her to blow a bubble and then he would just giggle and giggle at her attempt. This is awesome stuff. I started crying watching him.
2. tear jerker number two...in the process of them taking turns she started modeling for him to touch his chest and say "me" when asked who wanted a turn. He did it a few times with prompting and then started to spontaneously answer that way. I seriously started to cry. I was so happy to see and hear him trying and learning. His me was not super perfect but damn he sure was trying.
Overall it was a great session and I was thrilled with him. He was trying. and he was just Brady and man I love that kid!
I did talk to her some about his sensory issues. Here is the deal...he has started toe walking. every few days or so. He also spins and will stand with his head on the ground and look at things upside down. S has noticed he is very aversive to having his mouth touched or hands near his face in general and there are some other sensory red flags. The oh-so-tricky thing is that ASD-sensory issues-speech delays-neuro symptoms-hearing and such...all of these things are linked. in a complicated way. At his age it is hard to say for sure if it is ASD, sensory integration problems, dyspraxia or other language disorders. again...this is my understanding.
I asked S about getting him into OT and she said it could be helpful, it is hard to predict. I am not too sure that our insurance would cover it without a diagnosis and we have to wait until June to get into the University for testing so we will wait on the OT until then.
The tough part of the ST is the wait. Brady saying "me" is huge for him. wait..not just saying "me" but understanding that he is "me", that is the huge part. Overall though it is a small step of a long journey. I am trying my best to just enjoy this journey, as I try with any other journey I am on, but there are times when I cannot help but want to speed things up and just hear him "talk". Soon enough I hope...soon enough.
So here is a funny for you guys...my husband is king of teaching the kids mildly inapprpriate things. Mostly these things are not what I would teach but they are funny. So this morning I go in to change diapers and he picks up the book 101 Dalmations. He points to the female character and asks Lucey what that is. I am expecting her to say dog or maybe even dalmation. nope.
"Beach" she says. it takes me a minute. I think about it and then shoot Brad a mildly scathing look.
"Did you teach her to call that dog a 'bitch'?" I ask him under my breath.
He sheepishly grins at me, the look that one makes when they know they are "in trouble", and says, "I told her that was a bitch and that one(the male) is a stud."
I wanted to be mad but first off...those terms are right, not what I would teach my 2 year old necessarily, but accurate. Secondly it was beyond adorable to hear her say it.
Right now she has no idea what she is saying and it will now fade from memory. I think for both of us to push her verbal skills to their limits is just where we are at. Making sure she is ok where she is since B is working so hard to catch up.
ah...a glimpse of the household in which we live.
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