A Bit About Therapy

I haven't posted any updates because I just uploaded the last month's photos to the computer yesterday and had nothing to share until now. I'm editing the photos, so soon the posts will come in scores once again!
Meanwhile, I'm going to tell you a little about Adel's therapy.

We have three sessions on Mondays, two on Tuesdays and three on Thursdays. I worked hard to leave one weekday free. That will be an appointment day (there are about eight doctors waiting for us to pay them a visit!)

Adel enjoys some of the therapies better than others. She loves speech therapy because the teacher gives her yummy salty snacks, plays games with her and gets overly excited about every coo. Who wouldn't love that!?

Playing as the boys look on:


Mmm, yummy barbecue potato popper!


Aw, teacher, do I have to chew??


Finger-lickin' goodness. My mama never gives me junk food!


She likes the special education, too. So many toys! So many songs! She just doesn't like it when the teacher tries to get her to do one thing while Adel wants to do another (as in, try to open flaps and do fine motor activities when all Adi wants to do is grab that toy and shake it to death.)
The special ed is also the first therapy of the week, after a three day break, and every time the teacher comes in, Adel says, "OMG, I thought you were all gone for good!"

Here is a glimpse into the special ed session:


She has mixed feelings about occupational therapy. The goal here is to get her to use her arms better. She has no reflexes in her arms and resists any weight bearing on them. The therapist comes with a huge birthing ball, so that's +10 points for her right there! Adel loves that ball. She will do much more while sitting or lying on it than anywhere else. But it's the physical manipulation that she doesn't love, like being put into strange positions.

The least favorite of them all, as one might have guessed, is physical therapy. Adel just doesn't want to be moved around and twisted and turned like a pretzel. She prefers to sit on her tushie (who doesn't!)

The special ed teacher is a home inspector if I've ever seen one! She takes Adel all over the house, teaching her concepts such as under, on top, inside, outside, on, off, hot, cold, wet, dry...
She motivates me to clean the house because she climbs under the table (gotta sweep there!) sits on every chair (they gotta be cleared of laundry I'm in middle of folding!) takes a tour of the stove and fridge (scrub the dried spills!) washes Adi's hands (the dish load in the sink should be at least low enough to be able to stick a hand under the faucet!)
Whew!