So this happened today:1.) I bought a platform swing for the kids (since making one never happened). They both want to play with it already. We still need something to get it hanging, but that should be easier to do.
Once again, thank you to everyone who helped fund this!!2.) I bought Play-Doh for the kids since Flint discovered some "sample" ones we got when Galen was a baby. Galen still wants to eat it.
Other things that need updating will eventually happen, but the short version is that Galen had a re-evaluation and scored poorly again. On the things he had gone up on, he made 4 months growth in 14 months time and went down on other things. They don't think he's actually regressed, so much as, he didn't want to do stuff. But, he still scores lower than Flint on most things. Flint was evaluated as well and came out as right on target, even a little ahead on a couple things. I try not to compare the kids, but sometimes it's really hard not to. Like when Flint learned how to do a zipper, I was shocked. Galen still can't. And it turns out that's something that's right on developmentally for her age.
Other things that need updating will eventually happen, but the short version is that Galen had a re-evaluation and scored poorly again. On the things he had gone up on, he made 4 months growth in 14 months time and went down on other things. They don't think he's actually regressed, so much as, he didn't want to do stuff. But, he still scores lower than Flint on most things. Flint was evaluated as well and came out as right on target, even a little ahead on a couple things. I try not to compare the kids, but sometimes it's really hard not to. Like when Flint learned how to do a zipper, I was shocked. Galen still can't. And it turns out that's something that's right on developmentally for her age.
Galen finished his HISD preschool program at the end of May. It's now Summer and we've been doing ABCmouse.com daily for at least an hour, sometimes 2-3 hours. Today we did about 110 minutes. We've only not done it one day and it was Daddy's birthday on Monday. Seems the kids could tell something was different I guess. Could just be the heat though. It's so hot outside, the house can't even start to compete. He returns to school next month. We're going to try it again since he was doing pretty well after the first few days and really loves his "school"/"learning" on ABCmouse.com.
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We've been working on "want" and "more" in sign language. The therapy issues have cleared up, so Galen's been back with both therapists again. For now, one of us goes with him every therapy session. He was once going by himself, but he refuses to do anything without one of us in there now.
