Things have been so busy that I haven't had much time to write about Eli's progress. We have come a long way since the last time I blogged. We started seeing Katie and Cindy in one session for one hour instead of spending and hour with each therapist. Two hours of work was not working out for Eli and after an hour he didn't want to try anymore. The 1 hour sessions with speech and OT has been wonderful!! He is able to focus for so much longer. Each session we have been amazed at how much progress we see since the week prior. When Eli started speech he had 48 sound errors. He was reevaluated last Thursday and now only has 13 sound errors!! He has fixed 35 articulation problems in 8 months which is incredible. Most people can understand 80-90% of what he says now versus only understanding 20-25% 8 months ago. OT is going well too. He still gets aggravated at times and still loves aggressive play but his play has been so much more appropriate for a 3 year old than it was 8 months ago also. He struggles with fine motor skills still but almost everything else he is testing at his age level. The speech teacher that has been coming to his school every week is also very impressed at how hard he tries and how far he has come. Eli is starting to ask lots of questions and have real conversations with me which makes my heart so happy. He is a totally different child now that he is figuring out how to communicate and people actually understand him! We are going to take a break from therapy for 4-6 months and reevaluate again after we have the baby. I feel like I have learned so much about the way his little brain works and am learning new ways to teach him things that work for him. He is such an incredibly sweet and smart little boy and I am enjoying so much figuring out his little personality now that he is able to communicate. I appreciate all of the prayers for both of us through this process. I am looking forward to giving him a break from therapy and just hanging out for a while.
-Brittany
