Cora finished her Feeding Therapy and has been off thickener for the last 3-4 months. It has been so nice! I also quit giving her formula and the only milk substitute that her stomach will tolerate is goat's milk. Earlier this month she did have a bad sinus infection and pneumonia, I don't know if that was caused from her not being on thickener or what but she's been fine since then on the normal consistency. She does tend to get sick quite often and stays sick for a lengthy period of time so I got her tested for autoimmune deficiency disorders. All the tests came back negative which is good and I got her a flu shot so I hope that helps this year.
I've noticed for quite some time that her hearing is becoming more and more sensitive. If anything is shouted or objects get dropped or she hears a motor - anything like that - she always covers her ears and says it's too loud. Even the radio or TV being on too loud. It doesn't scare her at all but it bothers her. A few months ago I asked her therapists about it and they said it's just a quirk that she has and it's not necessarily a sign of autism or sensory processing disorder. Her new PT mentioned it to me last week and she suggested that we get her evaluated for sensory processing disorder just to be on the safe side. I also called her ENT to get his thoughts and she's going to have her hearing tested again in December.
Since her therapy schedule has slowed a little bit I enrolled her in Kindermusik to help keep her challenged and engaged and moving in the right direction. She loves it! It's a small class which has been good for all levels of development - speech, physical movement, social skills, and cognitive learning. She hasn't really picked up on the music aspect of it yet but the interaction with other kids, being able to connect singing with speech, and physical movement and dancing has been really good.
Here are a few pictures of her last PT session.
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