Week 2 of Therapy

We have been working with Flynn for just over a week now. Tim was able to go in during the therapy session with him today, thanks to having someone watch Preston. 

Occupational Therapy:

Flynn is working on his pincer grasp, which is the motion of having one's thumb and index finger go together. This is the position that your hand goes to hold a pen or a pencil. He has also been working on putting toys that can be attached together and pulling them apart. He has shown a lot of improvement on jumping. He also needs to work on pointing at objects with one finger as opposed to his entire hand. 

Speech Therapy:

Currently, they are not concerned with a possible tongue tie. Tongue movements are significantly used for producing the L&T sounds. Those sounds are not commonly used at his age. However, today I did notice that Flynn was "ta-ta"ing at me. Flynn also needs to work on improving his length of focusing. He, like most children, can only pay attention for a short period of time before losing interest. He started working on identifying objects and items on flashcards, which he is getting right about half of the time. This is where his lack of focus is really playing a part. Flynn is also working on colors, especially ones that start with "B", like blue, brown, and black, because that is one of the sounds that he is working on.

We are going to try to have one of us, either me or Tim, visit the therapy appointments about every other week. That will allow us to learn from the therapists, and to allow Flynnie to have one-on-one time as well.