Thursday, January 28, 2010
Eary Intervention - 1 Year Evaluation
Lauren had her 1 year evaluation for the occupational and speech therapy she is receiving through the county. It is hard to believe that she has been getting services for a year. As of next month they are going to stop adjusting for prematurity so right now she is considered cognitively delayed. She is progressing, so my goal is for her to be caught up by the time she starts kindergarten. On a gross and fine motor level (walking, crawling, manipulating small objects) she is functioning around 7 months. We already figured that since she isn't cruising much around the house. On a cognitive level (thinking, reasoning and problem solving) she is very scattered and her development is anywhere from 6 to 12 months. On a speech level (which includes eating) her development ranges between 9-12 months. Overall I was very pleased with this evaluation. I think Lauren is doing very well. We are going to start occupational therapy every week instead of every other week. We will continue speech therapy every other week. Both therapies go hand in hand and have proved to be very beneficial to Lauren. We set her 6 month goals and will re-evaluate her then. We praise and thank God daily for all of the progress she has made. He has definately blessed our family!
Friday, January 22, 2010
Catch Up
I can't believe it has been so long since I updated the site. We had a great Christmas. It was exhausting, but great. The girls were so tired by the end of Christmas day. It was a lot of running around crammed into two days, but I love Christmas. It was great having Lauren home this year. She enjoyed playing with the wrapping paper and eating it. They got so much stuff that our next house will definitely have to have a play room. I am already looking forward to Christmas next year.
Kristen is now potty trained! The last time I tried to potty train her it was a disaster, so I was dreading it. I put her in big girl underwear and she just went with it. By the second day she was going by herself, I didn't have to ask her. If I was busy doing something she would yell "Mommy, I'm done." It was amazing the difference. I can't remember the last time she had an accident. She like a human sponge. It is amazing the knowledge she is able to retain. She constantly amazes me. We are able to have conversations now and she is just hilarious. She is at such a fun age. Next month she will celebrate her 3rd birthday. I can't believe how fast time flies. She wants a Little Mermaid party. She helped me send out the invitations and put stickers on them.
Lauren is now eating table food. I thought we would have an issue with that, but she has done fine. This morning she ate some oatmeal and a bottle. For lunch she ate Mandarin oranges, pasta and a bottle. I am so glad she is eating table food. We had been mixing all of her milk to 26 calories. She never really drank it much during the day. I found out over Christmas that she doesn't like the taste of the milk with the increased calories. Now we give her the regular 22 calories during the day and the 26 at her feeding at night. She drinks her bottle much better. We are starting to wean her from the pacifier. She doesn't get it at all during the day, only at nap time and bedtime. I am not looking forward to taking it away completely. She is so attached to it when she sleeps. We are also going to start transitioning to a sippy cup and taking the bottle away. She continues to see the speech therapist and occupational therapist. We have her year evaluation next week. We will see what age her development is at. We are teaching her some sign language. She can sign "more" when she wants more of something. We are now trying to teach her the "all done" and "eat" sign.
Below are some pictures. Enjoy!!!
Kristen is now potty trained! The last time I tried to potty train her it was a disaster, so I was dreading it. I put her in big girl underwear and she just went with it. By the second day she was going by herself, I didn't have to ask her. If I was busy doing something she would yell "Mommy, I'm done." It was amazing the difference. I can't remember the last time she had an accident. She like a human sponge. It is amazing the knowledge she is able to retain. She constantly amazes me. We are able to have conversations now and she is just hilarious. She is at such a fun age. Next month she will celebrate her 3rd birthday. I can't believe how fast time flies. She wants a Little Mermaid party. She helped me send out the invitations and put stickers on them.
Lauren is now eating table food. I thought we would have an issue with that, but she has done fine. This morning she ate some oatmeal and a bottle. For lunch she ate Mandarin oranges, pasta and a bottle. I am so glad she is eating table food. We had been mixing all of her milk to 26 calories. She never really drank it much during the day. I found out over Christmas that she doesn't like the taste of the milk with the increased calories. Now we give her the regular 22 calories during the day and the 26 at her feeding at night. She drinks her bottle much better. We are starting to wean her from the pacifier. She doesn't get it at all during the day, only at nap time and bedtime. I am not looking forward to taking it away completely. She is so attached to it when she sleeps. We are also going to start transitioning to a sippy cup and taking the bottle away. She continues to see the speech therapist and occupational therapist. We have her year evaluation next week. We will see what age her development is at. We are teaching her some sign language. She can sign "more" when she wants more of something. We are now trying to teach her the "all done" and "eat" sign.
Below are some pictures. Enjoy!!!
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