tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28886230646381686052012-02-16T07:25:01.584-08:00Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01941012501369761262noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888623064638168605.post-77577276607579783752010-01-27T01:07:00.000-08:002010-01-27T01:07:58.350-08:00

It was almost like clock-work. Oog turned 3 and the hitting and biting started. I think it's a huge combination of being 3, not being able to communicate his feelings, having no control over his impulses, suddenly being sent off to preschool and seeing a new speech therapist. That's a lot going on for a little guy. He's been to preschool 4 times and I've been called to pick him up early twice.

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Tonight Oog had a bit of a tantrum after I asked him to say "Pig-let" instead of "Peh". He frowned at me, slumped over and said no (ok, he screamed it at me). I feel bad because without telling him how to say something, he won't get it, but on the other side, he's obviously aware that he speaks differently. I feel terrible that I have to say things like "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you

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Fidgety doesn't really explain how much my son wiggles around. He's constantly on the move, even in his sleep. This makes it very hard for him to concentrate for very long on anything, like speech therapy. In a desperate attempt to help him, I tried a wiggle seat. To my amazement, it worked. The speech therapy said she'd never (in the 9 months of working with him) seen him remaining sitting in

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Probably not a big deal to most people, but I finally managed to knit a hat that not only looks like a hat, but that fits on my son's head! I bought Provocraft's Knifty Knitters the other day, and after a couple trial and errors, I managed to knit this hat in about 4 hours! This is a big crafty achievement for me, since I have all the creativity of a goat. I've tried knitting and crocheting

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I went to Oog's first IEP meeting. For those that don't know, it's basically a meeting with the school district to hammer out what services they are going to provide. For now, Oog's just getting speech therapy twice a week. Depending how he's doing in kindergarten, he may need an aide or some such thing to help him communicate in class. But, for now, speech therapy. I think the meeting was about

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I seriously cannot believe that Oog is 3 years old today. He insists that he's 2, and refuses to even try to say three- which is fine with me! I can't have my baby growing up too fast! But try as I might, he is turning into a little boy.He's formed his first strong attachment to a cartoon character- Buzz Lightyear. He wants to be called Buzz now - "Me Buzz" is what he says when you ask his name)

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and 3 words I wondered if I'd ever hear. Oogie and I were doing our "homework" that his SLP gives us to do each week. Oog was getting frustrated and cranky, as was I. I was trying to get him to say "I want a cookie." The goal isn't that he says all the words, or that they are totally understandable, it's to get him to string more than two words together (he's very good at saying "papa buy"-

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Oogie is continuing to progress in his speech. It's amazing the amount of new words that he gets, almost on a daily basis. Unfortunately, 99% of these words sound the same, but at least he's learning to use his mouth to communicate. Although I think his speech therapy has helped tremendously, I also think that a large portion of his recent progress must be attributed to the speak nutrients. It

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Over the last month, my son has made huge progress in his speech. I don't know whether he has simply turned a corner, so if the supplements are helping this much. Either way, I'm thrilled at the progress he has made. He now says words like tools, house, hush, glue, buy, new, and moose on his own, without prompting. Of course, these words tends to sound alike - two, tools, glue, go and a few

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Oogie can unlock and open all the doors in the house. It's only a matter of time before he figures out the windows. I have a padlock on the gate in the backyard, and his window is in the backyard, but there's always the chance that he'll get away. If he does get lost, he can't tell anyone where he lives, or what his real name is. This could be a problem!I've been trying to find a way for him to

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For the first time ever, Oogie said a two syllable word that didn't consist of the same two syllables. Not only that, but it was a vowel-consonant-vowel word. And even more important, it was his nickname - Oogie!!He'd been saying "dee" for his name for a few weeks, but finally he said "ooo-dee" without a huge pause between the syllables. This pause was probably his muscles trying to figure out

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Oog loves to play in water. He's taking swimming lessons and loves it, though for the first 4 weeks he was practically a dead fish in the water. I was beginning to think that maybe his lack of movement in the water was due to his apraxia (apraxia can affect more than just facial muscles) rather than just inexperience. After talking to the Occupational Therapist (OT), I realized that it was

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This is a video clip of Oog saying "meow." This was taped before he started speech therapy, and before we knew exactly what the problem was. At the time, meow and yeah were the only things Oog would say. You can see in the video the concentration on Oog's face. I first thought this was just a cute quirk, but it quickly became clear that the look of concentration was because he was really trying

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