Thursday, 2 February 2012

Barkeep please KEEP the other round!

Well, I had just reported on how well I was doing with food on my last post. So this post will be telling you that I am now having a hateful relationship with food.

I should also mention that I had a fever of 101.5 this past Saturday night, but no other symptoms. My fever broke Sunday morning, however for the last couple days I have just wanted my soother and mommy to carry me around. Lucky her! She was always complaining that I never wanted to cuddle.. well she got her wish this week! I had a clinical assessment with my speech therapists, I of course didn't want to eat anything again today. My therapist said that that they often see kids who are just learning to take food by mouth go through phases where they are not feeling 100%, start to reject food, and it takes awhile for them to start accepting it again. So be patient and keep offering food to me, however read my signs and I need to feel in control. So mommy was right! The therapists suggested giving me something called stix or crunchies, apparently kids usually start with these before mastering cheerios because they dissolve faster, so we'll try those, because they have different flavours.

I had my second appointment at Kidsability with my OT and PT. My OT says I am doing well, I have progressed from raking to pinching and palming lower in my hand. I can take objects out and put them back in, bang them together and hold my hands. This is all age appropriate!

My PT has been working on my transitions (getting into sitting, and from sitting to standing, and back down again). She has also been helping me correct my sitting, as I occasionally have a posterior sitting position, so she occasionally has to use a small wedge under my bum. I have been working on knee exercises to strengthen my hip extensors and hopefully that will help me with my four point (on hands and knees) as right now gravity is working against me!
I have learned to pivot on my right arm while sitting so right now all I can do is go around in circles, but it makes me a little happier to be moving a bit!

I had a checkup with my pediatrician this past Monday.
weight: 20.5 lbs
length: 29 inches
My weight is down to the 50th%, which makes everyone happy, this is where I should be because of my low muscle tone. She says I am progressing well, and I am such a cutie!

I have been overly cranky this week, and the only thing that has made me happy is when I found out that Katy Perry and Russell Brand are divorcing... meaning Katy Perry can be mine again!

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