Peyton

Little Man Pate went to his first Speech Session yesterday. He did very well. His therapist is Sam. She is Really sweet! She said they played more than worked so he could get comfortable with her. They worked on his "F"s and how to shape his mouth and make air come out on his hand. SHe said he wasn't able to make the shape with his mouth but that it would come in time. Our job at home is to correctly pronounce a word that he says incorrectly to him and Stress that word so he sees our mouth and how it sounds and looks. He says shishes instead of Fish, so when he says that we have to say "OH FISHES! so that he hears that F sound or any other word he pronounces incorrectly. He has some short term goals and long term goals.

His Short Term Goals: This is what HE WILL be doing in 6 months

1. Produce /f/ in words with 70% accuracy and minimal cues
2. Will increase overall intelligibility to 70% with known context
3. Will tolerate transitions, new routines, and new environments with no cues for 30 min. sessions
4. Monitor language processing for multi spatial, temporal, and relational deficits through qualitive measures over time.
5. He will tolerate oral motor interventions in treatment and at home.

His Long Term Goals: THis is what he will achieve in 12 months

1. Age appropriate speech and language


He will start his OT THerapy for SI Dysfunction on April 30th. I realize we will be traveling some but I will do whatever I can to help him and I have such a loving family that everyone is learning and trying all these things right along with him to Help him out. I know it helps when you have a very good support system no matter what the case. Thank you Family and I mean ALL of you!!!!

I have been reading this book Called Raising a Sensory Smart Child



I have learned so much from reading this. It has really opened my eyes to reasons why Peyton does some of the things he does. I never really understood why he didn't like his teeth brushed. We have seriously been through 5 tubes of toothpaste to figure out what he liked. Dian told me that he brushes his teeth just fine when he is at her house and she uses the baby toothpaste. If you notice this toothpaste does not foam up. All the other toothpastes do! So after reading this book, all the foam was too much stimuation for him. He would just scream out!!! Now he will get his tooth brush and brush his teeth himself, no problem! But it has to be that toothpaste. I just wonder if it's doing any good on his teeth? Ha!
So that is one step forward right? We have to bring his toothbrush and different toothpastes to OT when he starts.

We have had several Melt downs this week and we have had LOTS of good days this week too! I dressed him Monday morning like always but he was still half asleep when I dressed him. We were on our way to day care and school when he realized he had on a collared shirt. He screamed and pulled on that shirt the whole way to school to drop Ali off and back to the house to get another shirt on. He doesn't like collars! But he wore a collared shirt to church a few weeks ago and it didn't bother him??? AS they say, his nerves must have been "organized" that day.
On Wed. he has cubbies at the Baptist Church which he enjoys going to. When I picked him up one the younger helpers told me he didn't want to leave the class room. So I went to get him and he was under the table screaming and crying. The Cubbies teacher told me that he got up in class and just got under the table and has been sitting there almost the entire time. I had to coax him out from under the table. If you don't know what is going on then someone walking by must think that I have the biggest BRat! I use to think that! I am learning that Everyone has sensory issues but there are some that just have them so intensified. You start to learn what is Typical behavior and what is not and then decide on how to handle the situation because there will be times that his behavior has nothing to do with his Sensory Disorder.

This will take time but I know that it's going to be ok.

Here is a picture taken on Sunday. He was so worn out! He was watching his Grasshopper.





Oh! I met with the Speech Teacher at the School on Monday and we are getting everything set up for him to start here in the Fall if not before then!


That's about all i have! Sorry to have posted so much! I have had so much going on lately. Have a great weekend!!!

Pain in the Butt......

No Pun intended. I have had to go to the clinic everyday this week to have this spot drained and packed. The antibiotics he put me on were not working so he had to put me on something stronger. It's defintely doing the trick and it's getting better. I still have to go in this weekend to change out the dressing but he seems to think that Monday might be my last day! Praise God! This has been crazy! I am just glad it didn't get any worse. Thanks to everyone that has called and emailed to check on me!

Updates Part One- Ali Beth

Ali is doing great! She is so ready for school to be out. She stays at school until 5 or 5:30 everyday and is worn out when she gets home. She has been going to tutoring on Mondays and Wed. for Math practice for the TAKS Test on April 7th but we decided it was too much and she was falling asleep at tutoring so we decided that the weekends would be better for this. Right before Spring Break the kids had to take the Reading Part of the TAKS. This year students have to pass the Reading AND Math Parts to go on to High School, Talk about stressing a kid out! IT stresses me out!! GEE! Anyways, we got the results back during Open House last week and Miss Ali Beth only missed one!!! She got commended Performance! Yay!!! I am so proud of her!

Last Friday IJH had their Track Meet here Iraan. ALi placed 5th in the long jump and her relay team placed 1st in the 400m relay and 800m relay.

Here are her medals




Good Job Ali Beth!

Two weekends ago Ali had a dance to go to. This is a picture of her and her friend Rachael.




She is really growing up and becoming quite the young lady. Makes momma sad!

Bug Bite + Bootie = Trip to ER

Last Wed. I bought Peyton a bug box. He has started bringing in lady bugs and worms so I thought a bug box would be fun for him, and I wouldn't have worms and bugs in strage places in the house. So, before Church Wed. mamaw and poppie came over and they helped Peyton fill his bug box. I have no idea what kind of bugs they were but they were black and had orange stripes on them. They were little so no harm in that right? WRONG!!!

At bedtime Peyton insisted on bringing the bug box to bed. I lay with Peyton at night to help him get to sleep so I just thought I would move the bug box after he went to sleep. Well I ended up going to sleep and waking up in the morning to find that some bugs had escaped from the box and I have a bite on my left buttock of all places. As the day went on it started getting really sore and to have a bite in that particular place makes it hard to sit so I thought that I was irritating it. Friday comes and by Friday night it is really sore! Stephen mashed it and put medicine on it and a lovely pink band aid with giraffes on it.

Today OMG! I couldn't sit or stand without it hurting so bad! It was throbbing and grown to the size of a golfball. It was hot and hard and I was hurting but I did not want to go bare my bootie to Dr. Garcia, how embarrasing! I know I have given birth but I don't see those people everyday, here in Iraan you are bound to see them in town. So tonight it got so bad that I sucked it up and a friend took me to the ER. The bite was a spider bite approx. 6 cm in diameter. Dr. Garcia lanced it and packed it and gave me some antibiotics and pain pills. I also got a tetnus shot. I guess I am glad that I went it. It feels much better now but that's because the pain pills have kicked in. After the numbing stuff wore off it was throbbing! So, it wasnt the little black bugs from the bug box afterall!

I need to sign off now. Darvocet kicking in and there is no telling what I will start typing.

Good Nite!!!

Sensory Integrated Disorder and Auditory Processing Defecit

This is what we found out after taking Peyton to his Speech and hearing evaluation last Friday. This makes so much sense to me after talking to the therapist and explains a lot of his behavior. He was awesome during his eval! The Therapist worked with him and asked him a lot of questions. Questions that would be asked in a school setting and she said he is VERY SMART and he is learning right now on a 4.5 year old level. Once she started going past the 4.5 year old level he started struggling. She said that he is ver bright and the fact that he knows what he does at this level and he isn't even 4 yet. Peyton will have to have Speech and OT for some time. We will go to West Texas Rehab once a week and also have to do things at home to help him.

After we got home and I researched more on it I just broke down. It broke my heart that I have been so frustrated with this child and my patience was wore thin on many many occasions. I am just glad to know that there is help for this and that he will be getting the help he needs and with our family and help from the Therapists he will be able to cope with everyday situations just like everybody else. I wonder how he feels and what goes on his little head. I love that boy more than anything! Right along with his sister! So, whatever we have to do do we will do. It's probably going to be a long road ahead of us but we can do it and it will be worth it. I will be keeping everyone up to date on Peyton's progress here on this blog.
Below is a link that you can check that explains what we are dealing with.


http://www.kid-power.org/sid.html

Do you hear that???

It is the sound of quiet. It is amazingly quiet here today. Peyton and Ali spent the night with Gma and Poppy in Sheffield last night. Stephen worked until 7 and I went to a Pampered Chef show at Jennifer's house and it was lots of fun! Good company, good food and good conversation. Most of the conversation was about our kids =) It is amazing how when you need a break from all the Choas and just need some alone time or a girls night just how much you miss your children and can't wait to see them the next day. It is noon and I am still in my pj's. I think the past 2 weeks of no sleep and a very busy schedule is catching up with me and I don't see any down time in the near future. So, I am doing laundry, mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms and kids rooms today and I might even get a nap in. I will go pick up the kids later this afternoon. They enjoy being out on the ranch. I think they secretly miss it, I know I Do at times. Did I mention how quiet it is right now? The only sound is the sound of my typing and the dryer.

Thursday we traveled to wink for the Jr. High Track meet. Ali did awesome and I am so proud of her! She ran the 400 m relay and 800 m relay. She is the last leg in the relay and that makes a momma proud! Especially since that is the event and position I ran in school! The jr. high girls and Jr. high boys both won the entire meet! Go IJHS!!! The next meet is here in IRaan on March 20. I forgot the camera so I will have to do better next time and get pictures.

Spring break is this next week. We don't have exciting plans really. I know that I will be working some insane hours early in the week and then we go to Angelo for Ortho appts and Peyton has his speech and hearing evaluation on Friday. I am curious to see how that goes. Also we are hoping that Ali only has a couple more months of having braces!!! I know she is BEYOND excited!

I guess I had better go and enjoy this time to get things done and rest!

A weekend of Firsts....

1. Ali taught Peyton how to ride his bike that he got for Christmas.
He has never been able to to Pedal ANYTHING!!! Way to go Sissy!!! He looks so cute
on it with his Dinosaur ( did you expect anything else?) helmet on and those short legs going as fast as they can! I will take pictures!

2. Peyton said his ABC's all the way through! He always leaves some letters out and then hums the rest but this weekend he said them ALL! yea!!!!

3. Peyton has never been one to sing songs so when he was watching his Baby can Read DVD he has started singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star AND the 2nd verse! I don't even know the 2nd verse!

4. He then told me he was very smart! Yes he is!!!

THese are things we have been working on for FOREVER and he has been so stubborn and just won't do a thing. I guess he has gotten bored with everything else that he decided it was time for something different.

Ali has her First Track meet this Thursday in WINK of all places. She has one event at the very beginning and then another at the very end..looks like it is going to be a long day! I must say, that I am very excited about it though!