Book of the Month: Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?

Most of you have probably read this book however I can't talk about favorite books at the Kerr house without mentioning this one. B & C both love Mr. Brown and all his silly sounds and so does Ms. B.

Right now we are using Mr. Brown to encourage C to make more sounds. He is learning to sign, slowly but surely, however he still frequently gets frustrated and throws tantrums. Mr. Brown is helping because we can all read it together and C gets the chance to try all the sounds Mr. Brown makes. B loves to help read this book and make the sounds too. It is amazing how much B's sounds improve each time we read and how many more sounds C can make every time he tires. Sometimes it is hard because it seems like he is not making any progress but if you watch closely you can see his little lips move as he tries to do what we're doing.

Thank you Dr. Seuss for writing such a wonderful book for us to enjoy!

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. :)