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It Doesn’t Look Like Much …

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By marydalene

… but this represents real progress. Just two months ago Sarah wouldn’t do this at all. At her birthday party, we had to put the cake and ice cream in her mouth. She would just play with it. So, yea for Sarah! Hurrah! It’s nice to know our efforts to teach her are working. And she seems to enjoy it as well.

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  1. GrammyzanneSeptember 13, 2009 at 9:51 PM

    Good to see she is indeed making progress.

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  2. JoanneSeptember 14, 2009 at 12:34 AM

    Great progress! What kinds of things do you do with Sarah to develop her skills?

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  3. jocelyn the elderSeptember 14, 2009 at 4:44 AM

    Sarah has really progressed since my visit six weeks ago!

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  4. marydaleneSeptember 14, 2009 at 9:29 AM

    Sarah has three specialists (oralmotor, language and physical therapist) that come out once a month to give us exercises to encourage her to develop her skills. To help her feed herself, we helped guide her hand to bring Cheerios to her mouth before she palmed the food. Now we're encouraging her to take bites off of food (like crackers). And crawling up the stairs, and cruising the gap and ... it goes on and on. It's a lot of work, but worth it.

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  5. JoanneSeptember 14, 2009 at 9:54 AM

    Thanks for the info. It is a lot of work and amazing how fast she is learning! She's a smart cookie! (or Cheerio). Good job Mary and Jared and I bet Timothy helps her too!

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  6. GrammyzanneSeptember 14, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    Good question Joanne and thanks for the answer Mary. My guess is that sometimes those exercises seem to be a bit pointless. It must be rewarding to see progress being made.

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