A Year Later

So it's been a year since I started this blog, marking when we started looking at Fox's developmental issues in earnest and trying to correct it.  So how has the progress gone?

While it's been slower than I would have liked, I have to admit that we've come a long way!  Fox is making a lot of sounds, he's got a lot of signs and I'd even say he has a few "words" (even if they're just what they call "approximations").  For example, to say down Fox will say "da".  It would be nicer if he was initiating conversations more but baby steps, right?

What else is going on... well, Lisa's been attending the More Than Words program at Kidsability, which is a parent-led speech program for children with developmental delays like Austim.  And we finally are off the waitlist for Occupational Therapy at Kidsability and will be starting OT shortly.  And Fox has been attending school at Westvale for the last little while and is really enjoying it so far.

We've also been working with our RDI consultant with different activities.  And of course we are still doing ABA and we're on the waitlist at ErinOaks kids for IBI.

If this sounds like a lot of stuff, it's because it is!  This is not to mention all the other stuff going on in our lives, like taking care of a 6 month old.  So I think all things considered we're doing alright.  We've decided to pull back from RDI for the summer to allow time for the other programs we're attending to be over with, so that we can focus more effectively.

The next big thing is potty training.  In consideration of all that was going on and the fact that it was still pretty cold, we decided to push off going cold turkey on diapers until the weather got nice.  Now that spring has apparently sprung, we'll be starting that any time.  To be honest with you, I'm not looking forward to it - toddler poo is gross!

:Duan 

What's going on

There's actually, as it always seem these days, a lot going on.  Besides the RDI that I detailed in the last post, we lost our home daycare provider.   It was quite the loss; we liked her very much, and giving Lisa some respite from the boy two times a week is essential with Ruby being so demanding as well.  So in the last couple of weeks we've gotten help from the Infant Development Program to look into a daycare program that would fit Fox's needs.

Currently we're probably going to go with Westvale, which is in the vicinity (maybe ten or twelve minutes away max), has a resource from KW Habilitation already (so they are familiar with special needs) and the facilities looked less distracting than the other place we toured.

Lisa also started introducing Fox to the world of toilet training.  We've been using pullups at night for a few weeks now, and we've been having him sit on the potty in the mornings.  Lisa attended a toilet training seminar earlier this week and we'll probably need to take a week to really put what she learned into practice.  But as he's getting very good at taking off his pants, and there have been a few - incidents, shall we say - we really need get him learning to use the toilet.

Lisa's also started the Word Than Words program at Kidsability this week.  More details on this in a later post.