So….does Ty have ADD? Hmmmmmmm……jury is still out. His PT certainely thinks so but we impressed her socks off today! I found this week that Ty has a new love. Books!!!! Go figure! I wonder where on earth he picked up that 😉 ? For months now, I have been challenged daily by keeping him OUT of my books. He ripps them to shredds…aaarrrghhh! I noticed last week though that he was trying to look at one of Tanner’s books and I could tell he was trying to gently turn the pages to actually look at the pictures. Due to his fine motor issues though, he just can’t do anything gently.

I went to Walmart and bought a couple of cardboard type picture books. They can still be chewed but they won’t rip. Ty loves them. I can’t count how many times a day he drags a book across a room (which is not easy when you are still crawling) to get me to read to him. He can’t manage the pages on his own (those carboard one’s are pretty tricky – I have trouble too) so he wants me to lift the page just a tiny bit so he can grasp it. He wants to turn the pages by himself at his own pace. At first I thought it was all about page turning but as the week has progressed, he stares longer and longer at the pictures. The bad news is, he screams if I decide that I don’t want to participate in book time! He is quite persistant! So when I showed his PT that he actually could do at least one thing for 5 minutes straight – she was pretty “wowed” 🙂 . Don’t knock progress!

Eating
I am so proud of my little man! He is going to eat us out of house and home. He is doing so great with his eating!!!! He is eating most everything we eat now just cut up really tiny to avoid the choking issues. He eats more than Tanner ever did at that age. We still notice that he takes a bit of time to adjust to new textures though. However…yes…once again…there is a however – I had to take his bottles away this week. He was chewing the nipples off and dumping the contents on the floor for the sheer heck of it. I was frustrated with the mess but the bigger issue was the potential choking hazzard of these nipples he was destroying. I went out and bought hard tipped sippie cups. He was not pleased. When I first took the bottle away from Tanner, he refused milk for many months. He would not drink milk from a sippie – absolutely refused. He cried for 3 weeks for that bottle. I was not excited about braving this with Ty. At one point yesterday he caught site of a bottle and was not pleased that I was refusing to give it to him. By this morning though, he gave in. He can drink from a sippie just fine and I guess he decided to just go ahead and embrace the cup. So I guess that is the good news after all.

Gimmee
My favorite gesture lately has been his gimmee gesture. Instead of pointing for things, he reaches for them and then opens and closes his hands in a gimmee fashion. Too cute and tough to refuse. Ask Papa. 🙂

Walking
One more “step” in the right direction today 🙂 . Ty was walking along walls. He was standing near the kitchen wall this morning and wanted to get to the window. He walked along the wall until he got there (about 4 feet). Not bad! Still hoping for a September walk date.

OT
I tried to get an OT eval for Ty this week only to find out that the closest clinic has an 80 child waiting list! Can you believe that??

Sicky
Once again, Ty and I both have a cold. Apparently we both have similar immune systems at the moment. We aren’t feeling terrible…just runny nose, sore throat, and little cough. Enough to keep you from spreading it to others but not enough to have an excuse to be lazy type of illness. Doesn’t seem to be getting worse so all is still good on the home front.