On Monday we went to see G.G. in Nampa. Great fun, as always! Got to see some of the sewing projects she is working on. Adorable little dolls with a wardrobe of clothes, so precious and special for the little girls who will be getting them! She gave me sneak peaks of some of the plans for Nico's Christmas gift. So looking forward to that :)
On Tuesday we had Nico's parent teacher conference at his preschool. We met with the speech therapist first, who told us that she thinks Nico is making HUGE progress! If we know the context of what Nico is talking about, then it is actually fairly easy to understand what he's saying. For example, when he came home from school on Tuesday, I asked him what he did in school that day. He made the sign for deer and said "Dee dee duh", and made a few other signs and started singing a song. I didn't know what he was saying until I read the Preschool weekly newsletter which mentioned that this week they'd be learning about the letter "D" using "Deedee dear".
Back to the conference… a few months ago, testing had told us that Nico had Childhood Apraxia of Speech, but his speech therapist thinks it is actually a phonological disorder. I found a pretty good description online:
"Failure to use developmentally expected speech sounds that are appropriate for age and dialect (e.g., errors in sound production, use, representation, or organization such as, but not limited to, substitutions of one sound for another or omissions of sounds such as final consonants)."
Nico omits the final consonants on the words that he says, that is something the therapist and him are working very hard on.
Then his teacher joined us. They both said that they think Nico is very smart. Of course! ;)
They are going to test his hearing because of a problem he has with not listening/hearing. His hearing was tested and found to be perfect about 6 months ago, but more testing isn't a bad idea. They aren't sure if he is just not hearing them when they try to get his attention, or if it's intentional on his part, or if something else is going on. It could just be a defiant phase that he is reaching later than normal (usually starting during the "terrible twos").
They are also working on teaching Nico how to respond to kids who take his toys, which happens often. Nico is a pretty laid back kid. I've noticed, though, that he has started saying "Nico's turn" whenever someone takes a toy from him. He's using his words to communicate, and it's so awesome to see him do that.
After the conference, we stopped by Chicago Connection and got Guy a gluten free pizza. Then we went home and saw the little buddy who got to spend the evening with his Grandma Salisbury!
Nico has today and tomorrow off from school because of parent teacher conferences, so this morning we went to see Allicia, Evie, and Avery. We took Evie home with us for lunch. Evie told me "This is very good. Can I have some more broccoli?" Then they each got a "cookie" after lunch (I mix garbanzo bean flour with apple butter and a little salt, and bake them). Going into Nico's room after we had taken Evie home, I think they had pulled out every toy! Nico sure has fun with Evie over.
We've had nice weather in the afternoons, perfect for Strider rides in the warm sun! Crunching over leaves and shedding our coats halfway through. Nico likes to go up the hill from our house because there is a little asphalt curb that he likes to ride on.
On the cement curb after the asphalt curb.
Naps for Nico have been a hit and miss. Preschool seems to rev him up a bit and he has trouble sleeping after getting home. This puts his bedtime at about 7:30 or earlier (and up in the morning around 6 AM). When he does take a nap, his bedtime usually hits past 9 PM, pushing 10, he doesn't sleep as well, and gets up earlier.
Tonight was Halloween and we stuck around here to pass out candy. We had two trick-or-treaters, one of them was Evie in her warm dinosaur costume, riding her Strider. How cute was that! The rest of the Snickers will go to Guy. He will certainly not mind!
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