Two years ago, Payton was diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. It has been a long road and we have come so far. We also have a long way to go... but we are getting there. Payton has remained in PROMPT therapy and it truly has made the difference for her, in addition to her other private and school speech therapy.
And supplements. I have always been a huge proponent of supplements... here is what we are doing right now...
Juice Plus+ gummies (3-4 fruit/veggie/berry each day)
Longvida Curcumin powder (4 scoops every evening)
Honeycombs Gingko Biloba (2-3 droppers every morning)
Speak by SpeechNutrients (2 tbsp every evening)
Vitamin D3 (4000 IU each day)
Iron
An SLP friend of mine gave me this apraxia word list when we were trying to nail down Payton's diagnosis... and I have continued to document her repeating this list over the last two years to show progress.
March 2010, age 4 years 2 months
March 2011, age 5 years 2 months
May 2012, age 6 years 4 months
And my little unofficial off-the-top-of-my-head word list... repeated over the years. I think this truly shows the amazing progress she has made... love her!
March 2010, age 4 years 2 months
March 2011, age 5 years 2 months
May 2012, age 6 years 4 months
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Monday, June 7, 2010
We will live our summer to the fullest.
The heat has arrived and with that comes summer fun. And busy schedules as we finish out the school year. Who am I kidding ... busy schedules are nothing new. Ha.
We are two weeks from being out of school and I.cannot.wait to have more flexibility with our schedule during the week. We will play, we will swim, we will go on field trips ... we will live our summer to the fullest.
And I am trying to make a pact with myself to return to blogging often. Ha.
Mason is finishing out the school year strong ... he has come so far with his reading and phonics. He passed his end-of-the-year testing with flying colors ... and that makes my heart happy.
Payton is coming along with her speech ... we have full on conversations even though we sometimes have no idea what she is saying. She has made great progress since we started her with PROMPT therapy ... and that makes my heart happy.
When I think back 19 months and imagine the little girl we brought home from Russia, I become more and more amazed at Nika's progress. And that makes my heart happy. She loves to learn, especially through music. And the more comfortable and confident she becomes, the more defiant she becomes. I have never seen a child experience more melt downs over something as simple as who gets their snack first. Little stinker. I am completely serious when I say I hope this is an age related phase versus lingering emotional issues brought home from Russia. That is something that scares me very much ... and all we can do is try to balance love and comfort with discipline and proper behavior.
On that note ... here is to the beginning of summer fun!
We are two weeks from being out of school and I.cannot.wait to have more flexibility with our schedule during the week. We will play, we will swim, we will go on field trips ... we will live our summer to the fullest.
And I am trying to make a pact with myself to return to blogging often. Ha.
Mason is finishing out the school year strong ... he has come so far with his reading and phonics. He passed his end-of-the-year testing with flying colors ... and that makes my heart happy.
Payton is coming along with her speech ... we have full on conversations even though we sometimes have no idea what she is saying. She has made great progress since we started her with PROMPT therapy ... and that makes my heart happy.
When I think back 19 months and imagine the little girl we brought home from Russia, I become more and more amazed at Nika's progress. And that makes my heart happy. She loves to learn, especially through music. And the more comfortable and confident she becomes, the more defiant she becomes. I have never seen a child experience more melt downs over something as simple as who gets their snack first. Little stinker. I am completely serious when I say I hope this is an age related phase versus lingering emotional issues brought home from Russia. That is something that scares me very much ... and all we can do is try to balance love and comfort with discipline and proper behavior.
On that note ... here is to the beginning of summer fun!
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