Weekly Update -- 21 - 27 September 2009

Yay, I'm 142 weeks old today!

Masinja had his second session with the feeding therapist this week. He got to try peanut butter for the first time. We had been reluctant to give it to him for fear that he might have an allergic reaction. Just that weekend though T.M. and I had decided to request that the therapist try it with him. We figured it was the best setting for him to try it for the first time simply because if he did have an allergic reaction he was already in a hospital. When we got to speech this week I didn't even have to ask her to try peanut butter because she had already planned on it. Luckily Masinja didn't have an allergic reaction but watching him try it for the first time was interesting to say the least. The therapist put some peanut butter on a graham cracker and then gave it to Masinja. He turned the cracker around so he could eat the end that didn't have peanut butter on it! The therapist then put more peanut butter on the cracker and Masinja proceeded to try to eat around the peanut butter. Next, she put some on an apple slice. He pretty much wiped the peanut butter of with his finger and then kept saying, "on the plate." He was not impressed with how it felt on his fingers and insisted that we wipe it off :o) The therapist finally gave up and just put some on the back side of Masinja's front teeth. He didn't quite know what to make of it. I'm not sure if he just didn't like the taste or if it was the texture. I guess we'll just have to keep offering it to him and hope that eventually he likes it.

Masinja and I went to Parent Connections again this week. I attended a training session titled "It's Not What You Say But How You Say It." The session was desinged to help parents of special needs children communicate with the school system about their child's needs. I learned a lot of good communication skills that I'm sure will come in handy in the years to come. Masinja had a good time playing with Miss Jacqui again. She tried to get him to play with something besides the kitchen set and food but it didn't work very well :o) Maybe he's going to be a chef when he grows up??

That's all for now.

Peace,
T.M.M.