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Forget Picasso! A Budding Michelangel-ina!

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Lauren (our amazing DI) and Daddy had a surpisingly easy time with Josephine and finger painting today.

Because of her hypersensitivity issues, Josephine typically gags at the sight of anything she dislikes or doesn’t know.  It could be food, dolls, crayons or paint.

Taking a chance, Lauren broke out the finger paint and Josephine dove right in!  No hesitation at all.  But both Lauren and Daddy noticed Josephine drooling quite a bit and it seemed to get a bit worse as time went on.

Lauren found out from Kim (the OT goddess) that the drooling is a sensory defense and would soon be followed by gagging or vomiting.  Fortunately for Lauren and Daddy, the gag came soon after the drooling.

But what is so impressive is that Josephine not only dove right in; she tolerated the paint for more than a couple of minutes.

And made Mama the best rainbow ever!

The Gang’s All Here

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Yummy red velvet cake with cream cheese icing, tea, chatting.  Just what you’d expect during a family training meeting with all our therapists, right?!

Seriously, we have the most phenomenal therapists EVER!

Each therapist discussed their strategy and goals for Josephine.  There was a lot of back and forth talk about incorporating all therapies during each session (i.e. mixing a bit of PT during speech and mixing a bit of DI with OT, etc..).

Everyone was on the same page and had one goal in mind:  giving Josephine the best opportunity to grow to her full potential!

When pressed for specifics, the therapists offered a range for Josephine’s developmental age.

PT:  5-6 months     OT: 7-13 months     DI:  8-13 months     ST:  8-12 months

Much clearer now, right?

The main point made extremely clear to Sheldon and I is “STOP WORRYING ABOUT DEVELOPMENTAL AGE”.  Focus on Josephine’s progress and celebrate those moments as they come.  Nothing more.

That I can do!