He has almost no skills.
He grunts. He cries. He gets frustrated when we aren't giving him what he wants.
We just don't always know what he's after. It's frustrating for us also.
We managed to teach him the sign language for more. He doesn't use it consistently.
We taught him the sign for eat, as well, but he's never initiated a meal using this sign. Maybe he doesn't understand hunger and therefore he doesn't know that's what he should sign.
He doesn't use any words purposefully. He babbles dada, nana, gaga and mama....but these aren't intentional uses to identify anything or anyone. I told the therapist these things.
She evaluated him and he scored rather low for his age. She calculated that he's in the 9-10 month old skill range. It makes me sad for him...but it's not as if I didn't already know this.
We've been waiting for the service coordinator to come out and officially add speech to Dumplin's therapy plan. This finally happened last Wednesday.
Today I received a call from the therapist saying that she had gotten the approval to set up sessions with us.
She starts next Tuesday.
I can't wait to see how Dumplin progresses
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