Email from OT Dom and my reply

This is an email from Faith's OT Dominque and my reply to her.

Thursday 16th June 2005 from OT Dominique

Hi,

I know I'm seeing Faith tomorrow but she's doing really well.

The last time I saw her, she listened to what I said, I told her to get a ball to jump on. She went round to roll a yellow therapy ball over and put it on the tyre.

She was so happy, listening out to the music still. Playing so well with me. Less drooling.

I meant to ask you, what does Faith eat. Does she still eat a lot of soft foods, is she still being bottle fed, can she chew her food or does it need to be mashed up? Can she blow?

Let me know and we can see perhaps what we might be able to do about her oral motor skills. We just went on a course
about oral motor skills. actually, there's a one day workshop being held on august 26th, friday but explorer learning. It's a good one to attend re feeding skills and speech. The speaker is very experienced and is an engaging in her delivery. Worth attending if you have the time.

Hope all is well.

And, is Faith still listening to the CD over the stereo with her teachers?

regards

DOminique





Wed 29th June 2005 from Kin Mun

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, Dom.

Yes, she is still listening to the CD.

Good to know her progress. So she knows how to get the object she likes and push it to the right place. That's great.

Lately she has been very good with the joint attention. She grabs our finger to point at specific things in books (she has a few faves) to make us read it out. And she knows which pics she likes. She usually points at pictures of things she knows, like flowers, cars, characters like Lulu and the Wiggles characters. She is also very good at flipping to the page she likes.

She is also starting to do crazy things like handstands. She would also lie down on my lap, face up, and head sticking out over my knees. She looks at the world upside down for a bit, then she brings her legs over her head, to do a flip.

Faith is still drinking milk from a bottle, but she can drink water from a cup (but sometimes she spills).

She chews her food but likes to keep food in her mouth a little too long.

She still does not like hard foods to much. But she is being eased off the GFCF diet now, and she is getting mighty curious about other foods, especially sweet stuff.

She cannot blow or suck a straw.

Hope this helps.


Regards,
Kin Mun