Toddler Group for DHH children

Faith got to go to the toddler group for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children on Wednesday this week that I mentioneded in my last entry. Kim, Faith's speech therapist, told me about the group since she knew I was hoping to find a playmate for Faith who also signs. The group is perfect for her. It is led by an audiologist and a speech language pathologist and includes some physical therapy time as well. It is a weekly group that meets for 2.5 hours of interactive signing, language, reading, gym, reading, singing and dancing. I am so excited to have Faith get this extra time with therapists and other kids with issues like hers. It is a parent-tot class and most of the time the parents are there to help out but stay in the background as much as possible. When the kids go to the PT room, there is a session for the parents to cover learning objectives.

I took the day off work so I could go the first time and I wish I could go all the time, but going forward, Lindsay (nurse) will go with her and Fred or I will come in near the end of the group for a few minutes to get an update and take them home. Faith loved the class and was only a little shy. She wasn't used to having to sit down while they had story time and stuff, but she did pretty good only getting up a few times. She got to do artwork and go to a tumbling room where she got to swing and slide and crawl through a tunnel. She seemed to have a lot of fun!

Another nice thing about this is that it is covered by Medicaid. I was annoyed that my insurance denied it and I plan to fight their decision, but at least in the meantime or if they still refuse, Medicaid will cover it.

Anthony had his annual check-up this week too, and was a very good sport when he had to get 5 shots. OUCH!!! Fred took him and I heard he cried a bit, but afterwards he got a treat from the doctor's office and McDonald's for lunch! And today, Anthony got to come hang out with me at the office for the afternoon since I didn't have any meetings. He mostly watched TV, but also had fun talking to my co-workers, especially Claire!

Oh, I finally got my video camera fixed, so I might actually try to get the video uploaded that I promised around Easter.

Have a great weekend!
Robin