AW: DS spoon-fed his stuffed monkey today :)

Florak8 · June 2011

I am sure many of you can relate, where you just are not sure what is computing in that little noggin. DS's greatest delays are in speech and motor skills. I had showed DS how to "feed" mommy his blocks shaped like a cookie and he was doing that. Tonight I tried one of his spoons, and his stuffed monkey instead of mommy. I said, "Can you feed Marvin?" and he put the spoon to Marvin's lips. Later, I said, "Can you kiss Marvin?" and he kissed him, in his own wide-open-mouth way.

Just wanted to share my joy. Thanks for reading. Anyone else have an accomplishment to share?

hoping4more · June 2011

That's awesome!

Congrats on the small achievements, it's the little ones that add up to big ones with our children.

Our baby's latest achievement is starting to weight bear on her legs for longer periods of time. She is still not huge on it and very wobbly, but a month ago she would not bear weight on her legs at all. Baby steps! (literally)

ali0608 · June 2011

That is so exciting! I love seeing my DS doing something new that I didn't know he could do.

I showed DS a picture tonight and asked who it was, he smiled and said, "DADA!" He's just starting to call him Dada and he's nicknamed our dog..."Bbbrrrraaa." He's said these for awhile now, but now he's actually specifically naming them when we say, "who's that?"

It's the small things that make me smile and so proud of him.

Florak8 · June 2011

That is great! Does she ever use a stander? DS uses one and I think it helps some. Like you said, baby steps. We are working on pushing up from sitting on the therapist's lap to get into a bear hug from me so he is standing while kind of leaning on my chest, if you can picture that. His legs have to be locked at the knees at this point. He also wears AFOs for this. Hopefully he will follow in your sweet girl's footsteps and bear weight longer!

Florak8 · June 2011

ali0608:
That is so exciting! I love seeing my DS doing something new that I didn't know he could do.
I showed DS a picture tonight and asked who it was, he smiled and said, "DADA!" He's just starting to call him Dada and he's nicknamed our dog..."Bbbrrrraaa." He's said these for awhile now, but now he's actually specifically naming them when we say, "who's that?"
It's the small things that make me smile and so proud of him.

Isn't it the best feeling? It feels like my team just won the Superbowl. I love it.

ali0608 · June 2011

Thanks for starting this post. I don't feel like I can "brag" on my kid sometimes. I am so proud of him for the small things, but so many people don't understand. Who knew that his biggest accomplishment in the last month has been eating a french fry? Very few people understand how big that is for him.

hoping4more · June 2011

FloraK8:
That is great! Does she ever use a stander? DS uses one and I think it helps some. Like you said, baby steps. We are working on pushing up from sitting on the therapist's lap to get into a bear hug from me so he is standing while kind of leaning on my chest, if you can picture that. His legs have to be locked at the knees at this point. He also wears AFOs for this. Hopefully he will follow in your sweet girl's footsteps and bear weight longer!

She does not have a stander, but the therapist encourages us to use her excersaucer and jumperoo. She feels that since she stands in those sometimes it is helping. Our therapist has been trying to get us to have her sit our our knees then push her from her bum to standing. She is not fond of that. She also wants us to stand her at the couch or low table to play, we'll see how that goes.

Also, not sure what AFOs are?

ali0608:
Thanks for starting this post. I don't feel like I can "brag" on my kid sometimes. I am so proud of him for the small things, but so many people don't understand. Who knew that his biggest accomplishment in the last month has been eating a french fry? Very few people understand how big that is for him.

It is sad sometimes. I enjoy going to her appointments since the therapists share the joy with me that I have from her small accomplishments. It's hard sometimes since people say to me "oh she must be crawling all over" or "she's getting close to walking, right?" and I have to answer that she is not. That then usually starts a flood of questions, I am usually good with questions, but somedays I just don't feel like getting into it again. You know?

ntyravgmom · June 2011

This is a wonderful thread. You should consider keeping a small journal booklet handy and jotting these down so that one day you can look back and see how far your little one has come. You're allowing me to remember when mine was younger and first learned how to jump with both feet off the ground. Also how to blow on things, like hot food or a pinwheel or bubbles. Those took so long for him to learn. It was really sad his first several years not being able to blow out his own birthday candle. Our children may have to work harder, but they do learn. Let them know how proud you are of them.

ali0608 · June 2011

hoping4more:

It is sad sometimes. I enjoy going to her appointments since the therapists share the joy with me that I have from her small accomplishments. It's hard sometimes since people say to me "oh she must be crawling all over" or "she's getting close to walking, right?" and I have to answer that she is not. That then usually starts a flood of questions, I am usually good with questions, but somedays I just don't feel like getting into it again. You know?

YES! YES! YES! I know exactly what you are saying. Except with DS, it's food. When I say, he only eats crunchy food, it never fails that they always ask, "Well, does he eat ______?" NO! If it's not crunchy, he doesn't eat it. His therapists understand as well so we can at least share with them as well.

And by the way, how do you teach a kid to blow bubbles, a pinwheel, or anything else? We were trying this today and I had no idea.

And maybe we should make this idea a regular thing!

JenGK · June 2011

Yay for small and big accomplishments!

DS now says says "my turn" (pronounced "I tur" whenever he wants something someone else has. Social skills group is paying off!

Re bubbles -- I think how to teach depends on what the issue preventing your child from doing it is. DS has low tone in his mouth, so his SLP would use her hands to help him form an O-blowing shape, demonstrate blowing, and hold a wand up to his mouth. She also had him blow into plastic recorders to help him get the lip shape/blowing idea down.

hoping4more · June 2011

ali0608:

YES! YES! YES! I know exactly what you are saying. Except with DS, it's food. When I say, he only eats crunchy food, it never fails that they always ask, "Well, does he eat ______?" NO! If it's not crunchy, he doesn't eat it. His therapists understand as well so we can at least share with them as well.
And by the way, how do you teach a kid to blow bubbles, a pinwheel, or anything else? We were trying this today and I had no idea.
And maybe we should make this idea a regular thing!

Hahahaha Does your son eat applesauce? (sorry I had to)

I totally get where you are coming from. I too think maybe we should have a daa week-(wednesdays?) and do a "Brag-day Wednesday" post where we can brag about our little one's achievements during the week. At least other moms of special children understand and will share your joy!

As for the blowing, I have no clue.. I'm hoping the lady that posted that will reply. With my older DD I had a heck of a time teaching her how to drink from a straw. We finally bribed her with slushies and she got it around 2years old.

lite-bright · June 2011

That is awesome and sweet. I love the sloppy open-mouth kisses!

DD1 has started telling us at bedtime that she "wants to tell you a story." She starts with "once upon a time there was (fill in the blank)" and then needs prompting/questions to answer (what happened next?), but it's a big step for her!

She usually does her version of Cars or Finding Nemo, but this week she told DH a "story" about when I was a little girl and told me a story about "when Dadda was a little girl." LOL!

Apparently I liked to play with cars and would be her best friend. And DH liked to play outside and play on his swingset (of course, all things DD1 likes to do!) and she would like to be his friend, too.

ntyravgmom · June 2011

Really, teaching to blow on things took us years, but I think it was because we were focused on so many other things (he wasn't diagnosed until 2 1/2) that this sort of took a back seat. I also agree with the other poster that it really depends on what is preventing your child from performing this act. For us, TJ would suck in instead of blowing out. We tried to put his hand in front of our mouths as we blew, but that didn't seem to help a whole lot. He still didn't understand how to do it himself. Finally, my dh reminded him how he breathes. (in and out). How to take deep breathes and release. Then we showed him how to form his mouth. He eventually got it with lots of practice. A word of warning, he was so excited to learn this concept that he was blowing on everything he possibly could...and I mean everything! ...my hair, his food, the curtains, etc. LOL

Florak8 · June 2011

Oh my gosh, I am loving all these responses! I can picture your little ones blowing and telling stories and just all around being adorable!!

We are going to try using bubbles to practice blowing this summer. I will let you all know how it goes!

Amy and Jay · June 2011

My DD said "I love you" last night to my DH and since then she's said it a number of times. Melts my heart!

Falioley · June 2011

Those things are huge!!! Like you said, definitely lets you know what's going on inside that little head of theirs.

Dean started doing these things a few months ago (he's a little older) as well and i was thrilled! The little things are often the big things, I think.

pierogi25 · June 2011

AWWW THAT IS WONDERFUL!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!

It's those "baby steps" that are really the biggest steps in the world. SO happy for you! Celebrate that, DS, and all your hard work and LOVE that helped get him to that point. YAY!!!

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