No pictures this time. We are run ragged and it would take some trivial effort to put pictures up so forget it. (Topic of another post.)
But: I had to post Liam's latest accomplishment.
Not standing free, which he's been doing for some three weeks. Yay!
Not taking a couple of steps, still unsupported -- if I'm close enough he thinks he needn't sit down and far enough he can't just grab my trousers. He can step! Yay!
But tonight we followed our visiting teacher's suggestion: I blow bubbles, and Marisa tells him to say "More," making the sign. Sometimes moving his hands, sometimes modeling it or moving Charles's hands to model it -- I think moving his hands was the only thing that really did it -- and the teacher says, they'll often move your hands to make the sign.
But he got it. He's waggling his hands back and forth -- OK, close enough -- and looking to make sure I blow more bubbles!
This is his first purposeful communication. He does it with annoyance -- why should I have to say what I want? You already know! Do it! -- but he does it. And then he gets to see the bubbles, and smiles.
But: I had to post Liam's latest accomplishment.
Not standing free, which he's been doing for some three weeks. Yay!
Not taking a couple of steps, still unsupported -- if I'm close enough he thinks he needn't sit down and far enough he can't just grab my trousers. He can step! Yay!
But tonight we followed our visiting teacher's suggestion: I blow bubbles, and Marisa tells him to say "More," making the sign. Sometimes moving his hands, sometimes modeling it or moving Charles's hands to model it -- I think moving his hands was the only thing that really did it -- and the teacher says, they'll often move your hands to make the sign.
But he got it. He's waggling his hands back and forth -- OK, close enough -- and looking to make sure I blow more bubbles!
This is his first purposeful communication. He does it with annoyance -- why should I have to say what I want? You already know! Do it! -- but he does it. And then he gets to see the bubbles, and smiles.