Gracie has been having some really great days. The changes in routine that we have made in the evening have really been helping Gracie not have as many meltdowns and the ones she does have are pretty short-lived. We haven't had a plate of food hit the floor in weeks. The fusses that she does have in the evening are more typical of what a two year old would have than it being sensory integration issues.
Gracie has really been saying alot of new words the last two days. Yesterday they were just coming out so frequently I had to make sure Jeff didn't give her an overdose of her seizure meds. Whenever we up the dose her cognitive skills make a leap, but we haven't made any changes in dosage and Jeff assures me that he hasn't given her any more than she is supposed to get.
Gracie's pronounciation of words isn't perfect and you really have to listen to know what she is saying, but it will come. New words she is saying: up, down, go, stop, Heidi (the name of the daycare dog), papa (our daycare mom's husband), and eye (as she pointed to my eye). Tonight she was listening to the song "The Wheels on the Bus" and Jeff and I were cooking. It took us a minute to register that when they were singing about the horn going beep, beep, Gracie was saying "beep" "beep". She is also doing really good with sign language. Tonight we were reading a counting book that had birds, cars, and socks and she signed all three of those words.
Gracie is also finding great fun in sitting at her Little Tikes table and playing her piano. Sometimes she also reads a book at the same time. She is becoming quite the multi-tasker. She will sit there for 10 minutes at a time. For those of you that know Gracie, she doesn't sit anywhere for 10 minutes at a time.
I can't wait to spend the full day with her tomorrow and see what new things she comes up with.
She is sleeping now and I think I'm going to join her shortly.
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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