God is Amazing

I have to say that God never ceases to amaze me. Connor's improvement in the past two weeks has exceeded my expectations. Especially since he has not actually been able to sit down with our SLP yet. Her schedule, at this time, has her only availability at 1:00 pm- nap time. So far Connor hasn't been able to hold out for her visit, last week he fell asleep 15 minutes before she got here! I ran across an interesting article on the effects of fish oil regarding the progress of apraxic children. Fish oil, of course, is linked to brain developement and is believed to help create those neuro pathways in children with speech disorders. Connor has been taking it since September. I attribute some of his progress to the fish oil, but I know it's all God. This boy has only ever used words to communicate his needs with one specific word, 'apple'. He's always said 'apple' when he wanted one. But last week, he wanted juice, instead of the usual signing/grunting/pointing method that he goes thru to get his needs. He pulled on the refrigerator, when Iasked what he wanted he said "juuu"!! I was thrilled!! This is only one example, he now is labeling the things he sees, saying the name instead of the sign. We're very excited :o)