I usually post pics when I blog, but this time I decided just to write....We went to visit JJ's side of the family for Labor Day, and had a nice relaxing time. It's so nice to see Katie around her cousins, and see see how much she loves them, and tries to imitate everything they do. Her youngest cousin,Abby, is a little over a year younger than her. The last time we were together Katie was very jealous of her and didn't want her around. Thankfully this time they had fun together. Abby is a great eater and Katie did her best to keep up with her! Even Katie's oldest cousin, he's 11, played so well with her. My biggest fear is that people will treat her differently because she looks different, however I have thankfully been wrong. We are so blessed by the family and friends who love her so much and support us.
These thoughts are surfacing because Katie is turning 3 in November and will be "graduating" from Early Intervention,thus moving on to the Intermediate Unit. They met with her today, and I was very impressed. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it's difficult sometimes to watch your child be "tested" hoping that they will answer "correctly". I guess we all just want our children to be their best. Since she is so much smaller than others, some at first, tend to treat her like a baby. That is one of my fears when she enters school. I did express this to the IU team, and their immediate response was "within 2 minutes of talking to her we could tell she has no cognitive delays". It was a relief to hear that. She will still keep OT once a month, to touch base, and they will be helpful when she enters preschool next fall. OT will help us and the teachers meet her physical needs...stools, special chairs, etc. She will also still receive speech, she has improved greatly, just some things to still work on. Although, I know I've said this before, but we may regret this in the future, I have a feeling she will never stop talking!! Here's the one thing she did that made me laugh out loud...the speech therapist has a book with different pictures on it...simple ones, dog, house, ball, horse....then there was a picture of a bird. When she asked Katie "what is that?", Katie's response was "a robin!" she was right, it was a robin....she' too much!
