Monday, January 13, 2014

2014 here we Go Go Go

The New year is underway and I already  feel so positive about my lil wonders progress.  He is trying to talk so much.  He has been over taken by the squawk for quite sometime so at this point any verbalizing whether a babble or partial word is just complete joy.
He finished off 2013 with a great team of Speech, Occupational,  habilitation, and an amazing aba/music/floor time therapist. We are the perfect mix and he seems very pleased with each one.

Over the holidays we anticipated a few wks off therapy so I decided to buy a cool dvd series called a Baby Babble. It's super neat. Definitely has help jojo to see and hear a word in his favorite format..TV with different sounds and toys.  It's so cool because it's very similar to a speech session implementing floor time therapy.   He is on disc 1 which is for 0 to 12 months. He can repeat about 40% off the sounds. And a few words too. His favorite is Go.  I'm glad "go" is making a come back. It's part of his list of words he used to say. I love the last part of the session because it goes through 10 signs to be consistent with and gives ideas on getting your kiddo to want to talk. I got the dvds on Amazon for around 30 bucks. Absolutely recommend them if you have a nonverbal kiddo or even a baby. It's a great way to learn the basics on helping to encourage speech.

So our goals this year include:
Continue all therapies
Intro a music led program
Potty training

Here's a great story to end this post with and a encouraging way to start the years goals.
1/13/14
JoJo's daddy is away on a business trip.  He adores daddy and waits for him each day.  Today at bedtime I said,"come on jojo time for night night"  he looked at me and gathered his blanket and went to the room. He climbed in the bed and looked up and said: da da a da da No. I was so happy he said da da so I picked him up and praised him and since he was giggling I decided to rock him for a lil  bit.  I cradled my 37lb toddler and began to rock him. Right as I started to sing he looked at me and started talking and babbling: my ya da da da Noo da da bay bay may ma"
He went oh with other word sounds. It was like he had a story to tell. So I listened. I acknowledged everything he said. He then crawled into bed.
* cherished memory*
Never give up
#team jojo