The last couple of weeks Landon is starting to show a big stubborn streak. Lately he has wanted nothing to do with his therapy - especially at home. When I try to work with him with some of his toys he'll pick the toy up, put it away where it goes, then grins at me. He gives you this look like "yeah - I know what you want me to do but I'm not in the mood so forget it!" His other thing when I try to do stuff is he'll just leave the room and go into his brothers room. When we see our AVT, he will do a couple of the sounds and then just stops until she moves on to a new activity. He seemed to loose interest very fast. Today he actually had one of his better sessions in a while. He went through three whole activities making all the sounds/words she asked him. After the first activity he did try telling her "bye-bye" and waving - guess he figured he had done enough :) We had talked at his last session (she had taken off last week with school starting for her kiddos) that maybe he was getting bored since we had been doing a lot of the same things over so she came today with new sounds/words and new activities and it seemed to work. Guess I'm going to have to come up with new things to do with his toys here and see if he's just bored with what we've been doing.
He's also started taking his implants apart - especially in the car. We'll look back at him and he'll smile with the battery falling out of his mouth. He knows what he's doing too because if I catch him just starting to take them apart, he says "uh oh" and tries to put it back on his head. Guess we'll have to break out his hats again for in the car. At home if he's playing in the boys room with them they know to watch him. They call out "Ear alert - Ear alert" when he takes them off. He loves wearing the CI's so I think it's just him being bored and it's something to play with. When I show them to him in the morning he climbs in my lap for me to put them on.
The baby gate we had between the living room and kitchen broke 4-5 months ago and we didn't get a new one because he really never went in there unless we were in there. I had to go last week and buy a new one. He discovered he could climb the chairs and get on top of the table. We can't keep the ladder down on the boys bunk beds because he'll climb up to the top bunk. He's definitely keeping us on our toes.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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OH, I don't believe you, that cute little thing w/the mouse ears is testing you guys???
Don't worry it doesn't last long, it then goes on to terrible 3s 4s...7s, haha, just kiddin'
Love the picture of your three boys with the Thing shirts. We called our first two kids Thing 1 and Thing 2 when they were small. Then Thing 3 came along... LOL
I think changing up the activities and toys seems like a great idea. When was the last time Landon was mapped? Sometimes disinterest in activities and taking off processors are a sign that kids need a fine-tuning of the map. Since you are reporting that Landon is repeating the sounds, etc. for the AVT, it may just be a minor adjustment. Or, it could be that he's just a normal 2 year old! :) (My daughter is 12 now, but when she was 2 and wore hearing aids she kept us hopping too!)
I just love how he says "oh-oh" when getting caught taking his CIs off! That's hilarious! Good luck with the terrible 2's - just wait till they're a preteen! Ugh! ; )
WATCH OUT FOR THING 3 !!!!
Love, Maw Maw Laurie
LOL I could see it in his eyes. He has been studying things very closely for quite awhile. Now he is ready to take action! Good Luck staying one step ahead of him.
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