Thursday was an incredible day for Jonathan. Mrs. Sally came for the first time to work with him. She is a speech therapist. Before she left, Jonathan was: drinking from a sippy cup, sucking a straw (this little 'bear' cup was a homemade contraption to get him going with a straw which he has no trouble with now), eating "puffs", and feeding himself with a little fat spoon. He has continued to do this for me since she left. Sally says that weaning him off the bottle will not be a big deal now because he is already drinking from a straw so well. This is a necessity for him because the jaw work will greatly develop his facial muscles and aid in speech and many other aspects of his life. Hooray for our "little man!" The next step for him is to drink from a regular cup and eat table food...
If you can stand to hear me "baby talking" to Jonathan, watch this video on YouTube of Jonathan eating with me on Thursday... The link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBCky4Xhkbc. Enjoy!
3 comments:
That looks like what an Occupational Therapist would be doing with Jonathan's feeding! You know this post is right up my alley!!! I love it and I am SOOO proud of your little man! Good Job, Jonathan!!!
Amy
Wow! I can't believe Jonathan is already 11 months old. He did such an amazing job! :)
By the way, you sound like you have a British accent when you baby talk him.
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