CATCH UP update!

It has been a busy 6 months. I have had several major surgeries; Our family has grown as we have adopted a little boy named Michael who is 6 years old; we got an old english sheepdog who we would like to train as a therapy dog for Wynter...someday :)

Wynter regressed a little in the potty training area since we have had a lot of changes and different people helping us out through my surgeries. She is holding it longer, and will still potty on the toilet when you take her, but is no longer telling us that she has to "go".

She has started the learning program through DSACT & is also doing "any baby can read". We watch the movie daily & work with flash cards & books. After about 6 weeks, she can read: dog/cat/eyes/mouth/nose/gorilla & clap consistently. This seems to have also helped her vocalize more as well. My hope is to add one new word each week (or two, depending on how she is picking things up).
We started by making two sets of flash cards of things that we had around the house. we placed two items in front of her, then handed her the matching card and asked her to put it on top of the its match. It took about 20 minutes for her to fully understand the concept (we did some hand over hand, with lots of praise)....but then after the second day we could place several cards in front of her & you could see her look at the cards first, then match them all.

We started with matching flashcard items from around the house, then moved to colors as you can see in the videos. We also verbally have her label them as she goes :) articulation is not there, but at least she is vocalizing. Currently at 35 months old she has 62 verbal words.
Her attention span here at 35 months old seems to be about 20 minutes. We are currently working on transference: matching a flashcard pig to a toy pig and a stuffed animal pig: "ALL ARE PIGS". etc.

Wynter is climbing up playscapes and slidding down, she is running a lot better but we are still working on knee flexion. You can see in the video that she can walk up & down stairs independently, although we are still working on reciprocal patterning, & getting her to walk heel~toe.

Wynter had her very first ear infection ever in December & a cough over this up & down weather we are having, including a case of hives for some reason that we are still trying to figure out. But she remains very healthy for the most part. JANUARY 1st marked ONE year of being on the growth hormone injections for her IGF1 deficiency. She has made remarkable improvements. Her tone has changed dramatically and she grew 6 INCHES!!!!!! PRAISE GOD!



28 Months Old: Wynter and the "learning program" . This was her second day matching flash cards and practicing at home(see Learning program to learn more).