So, as usual I ate my way through two days of Thanksgiving festivities. The 4 pounds on the scale prove so.....Pup had sweet potatoes. He is really getting the hang of eating from a spoon. He will open his mouth, take the spoon, and then put his fingers in his mouth. Sometimes I have to hold down his hands to feed him. Last night at the mother-in-law's Friday Thanksgiving feast, he cried in between spoonfuls. He couldn't get it fast enough.
Pup had Lucia (the infant teacher) come out on Friday. She didn't want to miss a day! He lasted the whole session without getting fussy. He's finally doing better on rolling over from stomach to back although he doesn't really do it unless prompted with a toy, etc. She told us to start massaging his hands open as she feel that's one area is a bit behind in. She feels his palms should be open more. He resisted her massaging them as they were pretty tightly closed. He did, however, sit up for about 5 seconds before falling to the side. She told us to just keep him on the floor as much as possible and gave us a list of things to tell the OT (occupational therapist) for the evaluation on the 10th. I'll take a 1/2 day that day so I know what's going on. It's hard to work with therapists,etc. coming to your house. Lucia said that the OT will come 1 to 2 times a week depending on his/her evaluation on top of the time Lucia comes! I asked her how many times she thought he may need depending on her work with Pup, and she said it'll depend on the OT. She said that it will also depend on how Pup does during the eval. If he's really fussy, etc. and not wanting to do anything he may get 2 times a week. I don't really know which is better? Is more times a week better?
I keep worrying that he can't hear me based on the hearing test. I mean...I know he can hear, but I don't know how well. Dr. K. said it was like he had a finger in one of his ears. I've been putting my own finger in my own ear and it's not pleasant. Maybe I should just stop. haha
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Its so weird that he turns onto his stomach but not off of it. I think Holly was turning off her stomach like at 3 months, but now at 8 months, she still only rarely will turn onto her stomach. She hates it. I am so glad you are doing good with the food. Holly actually ate fresh squash tonight, I will be posting about it tomorrow, after the debacle with her puking everything we tried on Turkey Day, i was so excited. She is not a very good eater, I am glad things are going well with you. My OT stays for 1.5-2 hours if Holly can take it, but we have discussed doing twice a week on occasion. I think it depends on how much pup can take. If he can only tolerate a short session I think you should do more a week. I left you some VM. Give me a call tomorrow.
It is hard having therapists come to the house when trying to work. When Quinn turned 2, we put him in a special pre-school, and the therapists come there. We still attend the sessions with Quinn, but at least now if we are 10 mins late, they can get started with him since he's already there, and we don't have to worry about picking up when we leave the house in the morning, knowing we'll have a visitor in the afternoon! When he turns 3 and the school district takes over his care, my understanding is that parents are no longer expected to attend therapy sessions, which will be kinda nice. I learn a lot in the therapy sessions, but on the other hand, it is a lot to juggle with a full-time job.
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