She had the best session with Doug, her speech pathologist, today. She didn't more parroting than she has, and he went through all the vowel sounds with her and she said them, and laughed so hard when he and I got so excited for her! She was so funny! It was so great to see her enjoying it so much. We could tell by the look on her face that she was excited anticipating our reaction to her saying what we asked of her. He does a matching exercise with her where he asks her to hand him the matching card to the one he is holding in his hand. And she did it almost every single time! It was such a great day.
Here's some more of what we've been seeing from Catie:
She's joining in groups of kids more and enjoying participating/playing with them.
Today at school she joined in with a group of kids playing Legos. At the Easter Egg Hunt downtown she joined a group of girls who were dancing, and it was different. Before she would dance, but not really with the kids. These were kid we didn't know and she was right in with them, looking up at them, laughing with them. She's joining in a lot more with her and Ginger's friends. It's great to watch her really connecting with and enjoying other kids.
She notices conversations going on around her. Really looking at others when they are talking.
She's understanding commands (Come on, let's go... Please go wash your hands... Can you give Mommy a kiss) and following through.
All of this progress is awesome! Especially all of the social progress... playing with others, joining in more, interacting more. I feel like with that all clearing up, our autism fears are going away and what we are really left with is speech delays. I can't tell you how good that feels! I hear by promise to keep better records of all her progress and just our everyday activities. Wish me luck getting my IPhoto problems straightened out so I can get some of the great pictures we've taken lately, up!
2 comments:
Surely not the worst ever!
we are so excited about all the progress little Catie Bug is making and consider it a real answer to prayer. I hope before we see her next she will be able to call us by our names -- Deanie and Daddy Bill anyway. With all going on with her and big Ginger, I somehow never even heard about Gigi's broken arm. Tell her I think she is a real trooper and am proud of how brave she is. We haven't made any plans yet but are probably going to look a late summer for a trip to California. Hopefully by then all issues will be sucessfully resolved and we can enjoy the visit without any even minor trauma in your lives.
Love,
Daddy Bill
Catherine- I was reading Bill's comments and wanted to add mine. It makes me so excited when I read of Catie's progress. We know you are both looking forward to more improvement each day. I wanted Gigi to know we were sorry about her arm. We are glad the break is not too severe. Give her a hug fromme. We continue to hold your Mom in our prayers. Keep us updated. We look forward to seeing you later this year. Much love, Deanie
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