Game: Ring Around the Rosies

Today I thought I would share with you a simple game most of you probably played when you were young. I had forgotten all about Ring Around the Rosies until our therapist introduced it to us as a therapy game with B.

B was, what am I say he still is, a very stubborn little boy. The final goal he needed to achieve before graduating from PT was to stand up in the middle of the floor without assistance. We tried everything to get him to do this but because we live in a small home he would simply crawl to the furniture and stand up using it. At one point we even tried taking him to an empty gym and playing in the middle of it but he still refused to stand up without using something for balance. Then one day his awesome therapist Ms. T. came with no tools other than this song. And guess what, it worked. It took a few times but soon enough B was so excited to be playing that he forgot all about crawling to the couch to stand up. We haven't had a problem since. It always amazes me how the simple games used with children, that we think nothing of, can be such a huge help in their development. Below are the words in case you've forgotten.

Ring around the rosies
A pocket full of posies;
Ashes, Ashes
We all fall down.

Cows are in the meadow

Eating butter cups;

Thunder, Lightning

We all stand up.

C Update

C is also doing well with therapy.

Speech - Mrs B has finally gotten through! C used to just sit quietly and look at Mrs B during therapy but in the last month he has started responding to her. We still have A LOT of grunting but he is learning signs and loving it. I love that he can tell me when he's hungry, thirsty, or all done too.

Occupational - Mrs A is doing a wonderful job. The problem we have is that she has so much work to do. C did however take his first steps this week so we are excited to tell Mrs A today! We are also working very hard on C's eating skills. He's doing so much better but is still very specific about cups and certain foods. Hopefully we can get this fixed by March when he goes to nursery.

Physical - C also got a PT evaluation this month. She said he is behind but Mrs A is doing all the right things. We also got a few more tips on how we can help and with them he is showing greater progress already.

We are so grateful for the Infant and Toddler program. Thank you to all you wonderful therapists who work so hard to teach mom's like me how to help their kids!

Tomorrow, A pregnancy update!

B Update

So I've been promising you an therapy update on B. Well here it is.

Speech - Mrs. B is great! B has come so far with her help. His new favorite words are "maybe", "probably", and "honey" (we really need to start calling each other mom & dad apparently).

Physical - We had an evaluation and it seems he is keeping up. We were a little worried he was falling behind again but the therapist says he is staying at the same level (comparatively) that he was at a year ago when he stopped getting PT.

Developmental - Mrs. E is still working with B. She is the only therapist that has been with us since the very beginning. We're working on colors, stringing beads, and making lines & circles in paper. So far B loves learning new things and is continuing to catch up.

We will have a transitional meeting this month as B will no longer be eligible for therapy through this program once he is 3 and his "progress" will than be monitored by the schools.

So far so good. I still can't believe how far he has come!

C's update tomorrow. :)