On Saturday, September 13, 2008 my son screamed "MAMA"........when he did I answered "What!?". I could have fallen over.....he didn't answer. He was just yelling it.
The trip to Birmingham was pretty good. The doc said for me to get down to his level. Get on the floor and play with him letting him lead in the activities. Copy things that he does. Whatever he plays with, I play with it too. What ever faces and sounds he makes, I make them too. That lets him know that it's more fun to interact than to play alone. I can tell a huge difference in doing the therapy. He is so much more sociable at home and school. Kylia and I would sit at the foot of the bed and watch TV together at bedtime. We sang songs and she would ask me "What's that?" about 1,000 times. I would try to get Calen to join us but he never would. Then after my first day of doing the play therapy with him (all day) he actually crawled down to the foot of the bed and joined us!!! I cried...
Along with this play therapy, I have increased his oral B-12 from one drop to 0.25mL (I think it says mL) since reading that B-12 doesn't have a toxicity level. I also got Dr. Huffman-Parker to write out a prescription for occupational therapy which he now receives through the school system. With all these changes came some new changes in Calen...
His eye contact has increased tremendously. He turns to face me when his name is called. He sometimes follows my finger when I point at something. He picks up on songs very quickly. His teacher and I figured out that he learns through song. She sang a color song to him that she made up. She sings about different colors. She said that when she asked him to point at the red bear, he pointed at the correct color about 40% of the time.....the whole time they were singing and humming. He hums everything. I was blown away. His social interaction has greatly increased. I've taught him how to hug...now I get some of the sweetest little hugs from my baby....I can't type anymore...tears are streaming
PRAISE GOD..........PRAISE GOD
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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