…Must…blog… 4/23/2008
Wow, nothing happens simply in our house. I have so much to share. Let’s see… do I begin with my youngest profoundly deaf daughter, who is now learning how to listen to sounds - successfully (among many other accomplishments)!? Or with my older daughter, who is now being partially home schooled?
I guess we’ll start with Sophie… Sophie is just doing wonderfully with her new implants. She can already imitate two speech sounds (ah and mm) and makes a very early attempt at the word “open” (mostly she just bobs her head up and down indicating two syllables, but it is a genuine attempt at the word!) She is spending a lot of her time these days just vocalizing and “listening” to her own voice among many other sounds. She currently goes about with an almost constant hum.
Adelina is doing quite well. She just lost both front teeth (on the top) within 3 days of each other, so she has a big hole in her mouth right now. What a great look! She is doing well in gymnastics and is thoroughly enjoying our pool (as we all are). On a slight negative, she was not doing so well at her new school, and upon investigation it became clear that it had to do with the quality of instruction. I’m not going say more than that, but the result is we made an adjustment to her schedule so she would come home earlier and I am teaching her math, reading, and some language at home. So far, so good, and the additional time has fostered deeper bonding between us as well. I am really starting to get into it and will probably be posting more about it as we get going. Things are slow right now as I am figuring out what she can and can’t do and many things she previously knew will have to re-taught because of neglect or poor instruction.
No idea what we’ll be doing next year. We’re crossing each bridge as it comes up.
More to tell, but that’s all for today!