Speech Therapy

Its been a pretty full on month the whole family have been full of cold, then struck down by the sickness bug but thankfully everyone is on the mend! Well I have gone back to work it has been a big step but my choice as we need the money and now we know that Blake maybe having his second surgery sometime in April ill be aloud the time off, its hard leaving the kids but its only one day and two evenings a week and I know that there safe with Chris. We also had a wonderful Valentines day this year as Chris asked me to marry him!!! and of course I said YES! Tia is so excited as she knows she will get to wear a pretty dress for the wedding next year! we have booked it for the 18th May 2013 and I have already started planning!! :)

Then to make my mood even better Blakes story was out in That's Life Magazine on the 16th Feb and it was lovely to finally see in print. I bought a few copies for myself and sent one off to CLAPA and took some photocopies and sent them off to a few people that could not get hold of the magazine. I think im going to frame it! I hope it has helped other families that have read it, I was a little disappointed that the link to my blog wasn't printed but never mind!

We as a family have made some wonderful friends in our neighbors there called Toby & Nykki and they have two children called Gracie & Freddie they have been a great help with Blake and Tia,  as our lovely cat Theo became very ill and we nearly had to have him put down, but luckily he has pulled through! so thank you guys! and thank you to Sandra who gave some fantastic advice. Its so good to know that there are good friends and support all around you I know Blakes going to be OK as he grows up. He really is crawling now in fact he's already pulling himself up on things! I cant believe it hes very dinky so its funny seeing him doing these things! he has two bottom teeth through, his lip is looking great and the redness is pretty much gone now but I still have to massage his lip. Blake is really babbling now and his favorite word is 'awaah'  its so cute he comes out with lots of different sounds he really makes me laugh.

Blake had his first Speech therapy session this week to be honest we wasn't to sure what to expect or why it was so early but it was really good and I really enjoyed it, We got to Salisbury hospital at 3pm we were called into the room and were told that the sessions usually have a few families but that the other two had cancelled which was a shame as it would have been nice to meet them and share the experience! but never mind, the first thing we saw was the mountains of exciting toys on the floor!!! Blake was quite happy too sit down and play the therapist told us all about Glue ear and why and how it happens a we were given some information as she said its likely Blake could get it at some point, then she mainly concentrated on Blake and asked about his progress, she made lots of funny noises which was pretty funny did my best not to laugh, but she told us we would need to do this to aid Blakes development and it was best to be at least two feet in front of him and get him to watch our lips moving, the main thing she was watching for was that he was closing his lips together and making noises which she said he was and that he had made several different sound which was great! she said if he makes gurgling rough sounds then we had to ignore them and repeat other sounds he makes to encourage him! I thought the session went really well... and his next one wont be till he's 18 month old. hopefully there will be some other families there :)