Well it seems as though it takes me a while to update this blog. I usually end up taking a bunch of new pics and just need that couple of hours to process it all to form a coherent statement of some sort. Here it goes...
March was a good month and as well as April. Manny is hanging in there with the therapies and seems to enjoy all the new therapists that come over to help him out. His favorite activity in Occupational Therapy is rolling on top of the yoga ball, stacking blocks for Speech, and the books for CBRS. Right now we are working on him sitting at the table for a period of time without trying to run off, and trying to get him to start using his signs. He has been taught the signs for more, Mommy, Daddy, water/juice, please, no (which is used a lot and he is starting to say the word), byebye, and a couple more. Right now he only signs them if they involved seeing the drink or a hyper activity for him to sign "more" He is seeing them a lot during the day from me but Jaime and Cordelia also use them during the day so he sees them a lot. He is also blabbing a lot more and using more sounds like Bla and Da and Ma so he is starting the process of forming words. He has on and off days and transitions at nursery at church are still difficult but it is a lot better than a couple of months where he would just start crying at anything. He is also starting let his siblings be near him more and he will actually start playing with them now.
Jaime has now entered the terrible 2's early. Jaime has always been Cordelia's shadow and now that he has seen Cordelia's tantrums in action, he decided that now would be the best time to use them frequently. It starts with a crying and a stomping and then a graceful (let me look behind me so I can fall without hurting myself) fall on the ground. Besides that, he is learning words left and right and can usually copy whatever I or Cordelia is saying to him. I am not even sure how many words he knows because they keep popping out everyday. Potty training is put on hold till the move and when I buy a potty just for Jaime.
Cordelia is doing better, we are now going out a lot during the week and Cordelia was really good when I took all 3 to the mall by myself. Her attitude is getting better and she is talking a little bit more and is starting to explain herself and her actions a little bit more. However, she is on a Cinderella fix right now. She has to wear a dress most days and wear her Cinderella shoes (her church shoes) and loves to sing the songs from the movie. We are trying to limit the tv watching so her treat for being good is to watch parts of it. She sings a lot more when no one is listening, when she knows I am listening, she'll stop and act all shy and giggle at me. She does this with Hannah Montana as well. She loves being my little helper, she helps me with putting clothes in the dryer, and putting them away in her drawers. She'll sweep the floor too so she is learning a lot of responsibilities right now. One of her favorite words now is "help."
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