December Goals

November has been a GREAT month for Melody. She is adjusting very well now to preschool and started riding the bus there. The bus attendants love her and she doesn't cry for them at all- which means she LOVES it :) They pick her up from the house which is so nice!!


No longer considering her non-verbal but pre-verbal thanks to the explosion of early speak mimmicking this month!!!

Some of the new accomplishments this month brought were:

• Showing affection (without prompt) to her baby sister (HUGE one for me)
• Re-surfacing of complex babbling. She can say "Buh", "Wah Wah", "Nuh nuh (like no no)", "Ohh", "Nana", "Yeah yeah", "Ine Ine", "Hi", "Siiissy, ", etc,  and carries on like she is speaking but really is just babbling :)
• She can growl when you growl :) Loves it!
• Nodding her head 'yes' to questions, sometimes accurately, sometimes not. Accompanied by a strange affirming sound- can't really explain lol
• Sings loud, high notes when she is happy and while music is playing
• She will climb up the little tikes slide and sit at the top. She can slide down as well.
• She ventured beyond just the bark of the playground and started playing functionally just this past week!
• She sat at circle time without the help of an aide! :) All by herself! Yay!

Here are some goals I am going to work on with Melody in this next month:

• Visits to the library- without the use of the smart phone
• More work with PECS
• Use of a multivitamin 
• Trial use of essential oils
• Touring the Idaho Center for Autism
• Touring Kaleidoscope therapy center- wanting OT 2x/wk, PT 1x/wk, ST 1x/wk