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Abby has come so far since we've started all of this therapy. In OT, our first goal was to get Abby to learn how to handle her frustration without screaming bloody murder, working herself up, and not being able to calm down. But a lot of that frustration, was her not crawling until she was 13 months old. She couldn't do anything about her situations. If she was sitting, well she sat unless we moved her. Can you imagine how frustrating it was for her?
Abby still cries a lot. But lately, she has been seeking out ways to calm herself, or take herself from a situation she doesn't want to be in. She locks herself in her room. She goes in there by herself, and just sits and flips through a book, or plays with her favorite toy. I check on her, she comes out...but most of the time I give her 10 minutes and she's crying at the door wanting to come out. Its awesome she's learning her own ways to calm, instead of relying on me.
I don't have the full report though on the testing, but I do know she's still behind in a few areas. But nothing major.
My concern with her is her lack of social skills. We don't get around other kids that often, and when we do she wants NOTHING to do with them. For their party at the museum last week, she was there for almost 2 hours and didn't play with one single kid. Of course when you see that as a parent all these red flags go up. Our OT has a child with Autism, and she as of right now sees no signs of that. And we talked about how Abby is so new to moving and exploring, that maybe she's enjoying her freedom!! She knows if a kid gets in her space, she can leave now. Like at home. She doesn't play with Alex that much either. Alex is kind of a bully to her, and Abby gets frustrated because Alex wants to play with every single thing Abby has. And Abby gets mad, and just leaves. She wants her space, her toys. Alex can figure things out quicker than Abby, and I think it ticks Abby off that she doesn't even get a chance to figure it out, before Alex has it done..make sense?
We talked about further testing for Abby, but we both decided it was not the right time. I would like to give her nervous system time to mature, and give her time to catch up. I think we'll wait til summer, then go from there.
She's doing amazing things though. She had her PT evaluation yesterday also, and our PT was so impressed Abby could jump!! She's can't get her feet to far off the ground, but she gets off the ground and that's all that matters.
We still do have concerns with Abby, but for now I'm trying to concentrate on how much she's accomplished in just a short time. She's really come so far. She has her days, her days were I can see its a struggle for her to get through them...I know the feeling!! Once her speech is better (which is getting better everyday) she'll be able to communicate more, and make life easier for her.
