Jan 24- Jan 31

1-24-09 - Saturday- No real wows at the session, a couple of "spins". Again on the way home from our Dr. Schneider appointment her Dora DVD went off and she said “Dooora, Dooora” loudly.

Pothole repair crews again out, 95 minutes there. Took Richmond Rd through Staten Island home, and it only cost us 5-10 minutes 90 minutes home

Later at home Livie was sad and her sister Aly was holding her. She looked back at me and said “Mo Me”. Her sister was so excited and said she just said Mommy!!!!! Did you hear that?

Just before bed I put a pull up on her. I was pulling on the pull up and pinching it to make sure it was dry before bed and Livie turned and looked at me and said “MoMe na na na” . My daughter and I looked at each other and said she just said “Mommy No”. She obviously didn’t like what I was doing.

This week I have noticed a lot more babble during play with a new sounds and louder voice. She has been using the “w” and the “s”. We have been getting “bath” at night when it is time for her bath 5 out of 7 nights and we are seeing “bye” used much more frequently. We have tried to 2 years to get her to say “bye” when she waves. She is still using a lot of the “p” sound but will change it . The emergence of Mommy is very exciting for me and also the use of No.

Jan 17-24

Jan 17 Sat- she was quieter and not is such a great mood this day, it was a pretty uneventful session, she was agitated and had a semi-meltdown just after the session.

Trip was hampered by Pothole repair crews: 100 minutes each way.

Jan 18 Sun- We had an interesting incident in the car on the way to the session. She was agitated about halfway through the trip. Linda was trying to get her to relax and tried to give her a lollipop, NAH, cookie got a similar nah. We went though a few Nahs before we got to the thing she wanted, a chocolate chewy tube.

During session she said 'spin' several times to get a spin in the chair. She also said the word 'squeeze' when I was squeezing her. She also has been using the 's' sound fairly consistantly during sessions. She also called daddee when she wanted me to come along.

On the way home, she inadvertantly turned off her Dora episode. She called Duraduradura and Linda didn't quite grasp that she was asking that it get put back on until I pointed it out.

She also responded to the question, do you want to take a bath, with a clear 'bath'.

Another perfect round trip at 80 minute each way.

1-19-09 - Monday- In the morning I was cutting up a melon and I asked Livie if she wanted some melon. I heard her behind me, and when I turned around she was quietly saying “me, me ,me. A few minutes later, I heard her babbling “ma, ma, me me softly.

Later on in the day Livie asked for juice by signing it. When I brought her the juice, she signed juice and said “dooce”.

Livie had speech therapy on Monday. The speech therapist told me that Livie is more vocal lately. She said several different words during the session. She was also babbling the “wa” sound. The “wa” sound is a new sound for Livie.

1-22-09 - Thursday- We were in the car on our way home and I heard Liv practicing in the back seat “maa mee, maa mee”. I was very happy because whenever Livie would call me it was always MA MA.

Later on that night I noticed that Livie had what looked like a bubble blister above her upper rite side tooth. She was cranky this week and now I feel this is the reason.

1-23-09 - Friday- Livie has an appointment with the dentist on Thursday morning. The dentist wants to start Livie on an antibiotic because they feel that it is an infection.

Great speech therapy session. During the session Livie said “koo kee, cup, pud a, put ing, karr (for car) and din (for Ting).” Pudding with the “ing” at the end is a first for Livie. The “K” sound can be hard for her but they seem to be coming out more now. Also during the session the therapist asked which cookie she wanted the “chocolate or the vanilla cookie” ? Livie looked at the therapist and said “koo kee” and then said “wi”. The therapist thought she was trying to say white. Lots of babble during the play part of the session. Her babble has changed recently. It is much louder than before and now she is using lots of different sounds and changing them quickly. Before she would stay on a sound for a while and then change.

Jan 10 - Jan 16

Jan 10 Sat- Missed appointment due to snow



Jan 11 Sun- 12:00 appointment, near perfect travel 80 minutes each way. Linda was the therapist and got some S's for Snake and F's for Frog and W for Water. She also mimic-ed Linda's pretend play in the water; she was diving the frog, Liv dove the toy...

Jan 12-16- We had just a few incidents of note. Friday, the speech therapist said that she was not giving the letter K sound for any of the things she wanted like cookie and cup, she doesn't get the item. She gave the the therapist a knowing look and grabbed the bag of pretzels and said "Paa", she knew she had her dead to right, because she had to giv e it to her, she also requested 'Pu' for pudding. After that, she went over to the play table and said Ka for car.
Her ABA therapist also commented that her receptive language has been progressing very quickly. Her signs are also being picked up quickly.
She has regressed in her potty abilities over the past two weeks. It's hard to determine if the therapies have anything to do with it.
She has also begun to hear the 'ish' sound in play. She has been hearing the word fish a lot lately and this ish sound is not something she has said normally.

Jan 1 through Jan 9

There was a therapy session at 12:00 on New Years Day. Livie was in good spirits going into therapy. I was chosen to start off working with her and played with her in the water. Linda pointed out to me that I need practice because, while I have knowledge of the therapies and the methods, I have very little practical experience with actually working it. I found myself stumbling to think quickly and keep it fun.

Nevertheless, I did get a T out of her for turtle while working in the sink with her. We next went out to the waiting room to work on the therapy ball, then on to taking her on the elevator and stairs. After coming back, she went into the diaper bag and pulled out the gum bottle, Linda asked "Do you want Gum?". The doctor and Linda missed it, but I heard a faily loud 'gum' just as she was given the piece. We went back into the office and she watched a letter video. We got several letters out of her during that session. She got bored and began walking around, Linda led her toward the sind and asked "Do you want to play in the water?" Just after that, we got that 'scary' low pitched growl in a clear WAAAAwaaa. After playing in the water for another minute, Linda asked and signed "do you want to go to the bathroom?" We got a low volume 'baaath' in response.
Good ride, 80 minutes each way

I am getting consistant 'P's for many types of requests over the past few days. I'm still worried that this is becoming her generic request response to asking for verbal responses.
Jan 2 Livie was in the bathroom alone and Linda caught her practicing the Cha Cha sound (SmooCHa).

The January 3rd session went pretty much uneventfully, with me doing the therapy and Linda discussing various strategies with the Dr. She did spend a lot of time opening and closing drawers in the session. It got me to thinking that she might do better with 'cause and effect' type acvtivities. She did subsequently enjoy pouring water into everyone's cup which was lacking in the fist part of the session. We had a short session due to traffic
110 minutes there; 95 minutes back.

Week of Jan 4-10
This week the main theme with Livie has been wakefullness. She has gotten up in the middle of the night three timeds and has woken up consistantly between 6 and 6:45 every morning (usually, I wake her up at around 7:10). She also said "Nie nie" (night night) three times this week.

Jan 4 Sun- Livie was in the bathtub with Gracie and was actually trying to get her attention! She was getting in her face and laughing...

Jan 6 Tues- Livie wanted pudding from the top shelf and trying to get Linda to get it for her. Linda played the 'dumb parent' and said "I don't know what you want". Livie pointed on her own and said "Puh-din". Pointing is not a normal unless hand-over hand, and puh-din is usually only in the controlled environs of speech.

Jan 7 Wed- in OT she was making sounds during play, not on command, somewhat unusual. During speech, she was not responding to the mands for the K for cookie, however after, during play, she was repeating K for car...

Jan 8 Thur- in home ABA Livie was crying because she wanted Linda to stop talking to the therapist. The therapist told Liv just to say "Mommy go". Liv responded back "Mama aa baa Dee".

Jan 9 Fri- Speech therapist commented that Livie had ended a word with a consenant (moM). She almost always ends her words with a vowel...