Friday, November 28, 2008

Weekly Update -- 24 - 30 November 2008

Yay, I'm 99 weeks old today!

Masinja celebrated his second Thanksgiving this week. Last year he wasn't able to eat Thanksgiving dinner because he had just started eating baby food about a month before and he didn't have any teeth! Well, he wasn't very interested in eating Thanksgiving dinner this year either. He ate one piece of turkey, a few pieces of sweet potato, and a bite of cranberry sauce, but he threw his mashed potatos and stuffing on the floor. He ate almost an entire roll all by himself though. I had to hide the remainder of his Thanksgiving dinner in yogurt just to get him to eat it. This is the norm most days though. He absolutely loves yogurt. When I take the container out of the refrigerator he says "woogar" over and over again :O)

Who You Calling a Turkey PJ's Pic

That's all for now.

Peace,
T.M.M.

Weekly Update -- 17 - 23 November 2008

Yay, I'm 98 weeks old today!

Masinja had his 4th ECI session this week. T.M. was able to be here because he was off that day. His teacher talked with us a lot about Masinja's tendency to throw his toys around the room as well as throwing temper tantrums. She gave us some suggestions for redirecting his behavior. We also worked a bit on getting him to actually roll a ball back and forth. T.M. and I have been working with him on this for a few months now, but Masinja is more interested in throwing the ball around the room than rolling it back and forth! He is doing a little better now though and it is one of his favorite games to play now. Our goals for the next couple of weeks are to work on curbing his tendency to throw things and getting him to tell us whether he wants more to eat or more to drink.


That's all for now.

Peace,
T.M.M.

Weekly Update -- 10 - 16 November 2008

Yay, I'm 97 weeks old today!

Masinja went to PT this week for the last time. He was discharged because he has met all of his goals for gross motor skills. He will need to go back in 6 - 8 months though for a checkup to make sure he is still on track. I know he is going to miss his therapist immensely. Whenever we say her name he repeats us and grins from ear to ear!

Masinja also went to OT this week. T.M. and I have been having a lot of trouble getting him to eat lately. He prefers to throw things on the floor or to spit his food out rather than chew and swallow it. He has become extremely picky, too. He has been subsisting on chicken nuggets, mac and cheese and yogurt. His therapist gave me a few ideas to try to get him to eat more and she also got him transitioned to a cup with a straw. It was actually pretty neat how she did it.

She used a honey bear container with a long flexible straw. She explained to me how it was easy to sqeeze the honey bear and get a bit of water to go up the straw and into Masinja's mouth. She said after a little while he would figure out that sucking on the straw would produce the same result. Well after only about 5 minutes Masinja was doing it all by himself! He loves to drink from a straw cup now because he can hold it all by himself like a big boy :O)


That's all for now.

Peace,
T.M.M.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Weekly Update -- 3 - 9 November 2008

Yay, I'm 96 weeks old today!

Masinja went to the dentist this week. He now has 12 teeth with 4 more coming in. The dentist gave us some good news. His back molars are half white and half yellow so hopefully when his permanent teeth come in they won't be nearly as discolored as his baby teeth are now.

Masinja had his third ECI session this week. He has mastered the art of saying more during mealtime when he wants more to eat. Our next goal is to get him to say more eat or more drink to indicate which of two choices he wants more of. He has started using more in other situations also which is great. My favorite is when I am singing to him and he says more to get me to continue singing. He absolutely loves the song "You are My Sunshine" and before I have even finished singing it the first time he is already saying more to get me to sing it again :O)

Dentist Visit Pic

That's all for now.

Peace,
T.M.M.

Weekly Update -- 27 October - 2 November 2008

Yay, I'm 95 weeks old today!

Masinja had a pretty eventful week this week. On Halloween T.M. had his promotion ceremony and Masinja got to help me pin on T.M.'s new rank. Masinja got to see his Uncle Jeremy and his girlfriend Carmen again too because they came to visit and to celebrate T.M.'s promotion to Major. Masinja didn't really pay attention during most of the ceremony though because he was more interested in exploring the room that the ceremony took place in. He kept me quite busy to say the least!! From the comments that were made by those who attended the ceremony, Masinja pretty much stole the show as usual :O) He also got to meet one of T.M.'s old bosses who flew in to officiate the ceremony. I think she was more excited to see Masinja than T.M. and I :O)

T.M. and I, along with Jeremy and Carmen, took Masinja to the park for what will probably be the last time this year. Jeremy was kind enough to video tape it for us so everyone could see how much Masinja enjoys sliding down the slide and swinging on the swings.

On another note, we found out this week that Masinja was denied the opportunity to have an off base PCM. Basically, the reasoning behind the denial was that he was receiving adequate care on base. Due to this, he definitely will not be getting the Synagis shot this year. We are still pursuing other options but for the time being our hands are tied. Hopefully, in the near future we will be able to permanently move him to an off base doctor. We will keep you posted.



That's all for now.

Peace,
T.M.M.