good bye summer

Has it really been that long since I last posted? Time is going by so fast, I am afraid I am going to be an old lady very very soon. Here is a picture of Jake brushing his teeth tonight. (It is more like biting his tooth brush…but whatever, he puts on a good show for the camera.)

Jake started going to school via school bus this week. So far the bus has been on time every morning. The bus driver and the para on the bus also seem to be friendly and nice. Jake’s little friend in his class Naomi rides the same bus, when he gets on the bus, she waves her arms around, and he points to her, it is their way of greeting one another, it is cute. With Jake riding the bus, that means I don’t have to rush so much to take him to school, then drive to work. Yeah!!!

Jake also started seeing a level III CME therapist once a week. CME stands for Cuevas MEDEK Exercise Therapy, named after its founder Ramon Cuevas, a Chilean physical therapist. The approach and the equipments used during CME is a little different than traditional PT. My main goal of going is to have a set of different hands, eyes to work with Jake, in conjunction with his regular ongoing physical therapy. Already, Jake has learned to stand up with little assistance from the middle of the floor. I think he plateaus under the same routine/approach, it is good to add new elements from time to time.

We are a few weeks away from our bi-annual trip to Michigan. We need to pay more attention to what he wears as he always gets sick during time of changing seasons.

Nothing new to report

I haven’t updated the blog for a long time, I have been feeling so tired lately…

We went kayaking on the Hudson River once in August. Don’t let the picture fool you, I was very nervous during the whole time even though there was virtually no wave. We also went to Hershey Park, Jake went on some of the little kids rides. He wasn't as excited as I would liked to see, maybe next year he would enjoyed it a bit more.

Jake is doing so so, no major breakthrough comes to my mind. School started last week, and I think finally therapy started this week in school. I have met all of his PT, OT and SP. I am a little bit concerned about SP, mainly because the therapist looks so young, I don’t know how much experience she has had with children with severe language/communication issues; I also don’t know how knowledgeable she is with regard to augmentative communication. But it is going to be OK, everyone has to start somewhere, including therapists.

We are heading to Michigan again next month for 3 weeks of intensive suit therapy. I actually look forward to our bi-annual trip to Michigan, even though I don’t really get to do anything other than chauffeur Jake to and from therapy; we do some grocery shopping and mall hopping on the weekends, that is about it. But still, I like going there. The only bad thing is coming home, the house is a mess, (but of course according to my husband the house is spotless).

That is about it, I hope you are have more fun than I am at the moment!