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My kids love inflatables. Logan especially, has started to enjoy them and it's cute to see him and Aubrey following each other in them! They are so similar right now...they can do a lot of the same things! They are definitely little copy cats of each other!

Wordless Wednesday | Aubrey

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Happy World Down Syndrome Day!

Logan Update

Turns out...shortly after Logan's negative behaviors began we did find out he had a double ear infection. He's been on antibiotics for 8 days now and his behavior is improving. He still gets frustrated at meal times, but he is overall more agreeable. I have also discovered that his frustrations are due to his inability to communicate what he wants. I think he is now particular about what I feed him and how I feed it to him. I'm not sure when he wants to feed himself and when he wants me to feed him.

I've been so proud of his speech lately!! It is coming so far so quickly.
A couple of weeks ago he had a session with his B-3 early childhood teacher and here's the words he used during that session.
Imitated:
circle
open
shut
fish
horse
duck
push
nose
color
Logan
eat
mmm
pop

Spontaneous:
go
eyes
dog (barking)
uh oh


Today, he had a session with his speech therapist, and he set new record for spontaneous words!!
Imitated:
duck
up
puppy
wow
tractor
signed fish and butterfly

Spontaneous:
flower
woof
apple
ball
boat
signed kitten
car
down
truck
mmm
cookie
hat
bath
oink
glasses

My favorite were APPLE and BOAT! I hadn't heard those before!! Go Logan!

Diva

It's done!

Devin's "School" is complete! Now, we can't wait for the snow to melt so we can all go out and enjoy it! Thanks Dad!

Double Trouble

These two are trouble together! They have become quite the pair lately...they fight often and make big messes! Aubrey's latest thing is dipping tissue paper in the toilet and rubbing it on her head...yes, toilet water on her head!!

Thank you

Thank you for all the thoughts on my last post. I was so relieved to hear that others are going through the same thing!!

Logan is a little bit better. He is still getting angry easily and throwing things, but it is not all the time. Meal times are still the toughest, but I am finding that some of his anger is definitely from him becoming a pickier eater. I agree with many of you that said he is showing typical two year old behavior. You are right. I forget that he is at that stage of his life.

As for his class with other 2 year olds, I decided to move him to a class for 1 and 2 year olds and things are much better. This new class is less structured and has more free play. I wanted Logan to start to experience a more structured environment, but he is just not ready to sit and listen for several minutes at a time. I feel strongly that he be with typical kids, but I have learned that he needs to be with kids a little younger than him in order to successfully participate. He fits in perfectly with kids at his developmental age (19 months or so).