Since John was pretty young he has been behind his age group in gross motor skills. He has been going to physical therapy for about a year and a half to help him catch up. His speech was a bit behind as well and he's been going to speech therapy for about 8 months.
After Christmas he was evaluated by his speech therapist and she determined that he was now within the normal range for his age group as far as speech. Several months earlier he was evaluated by his physical therapist. She had also determined that he is now within the normal range for his age group for motor skills. So he was able to graduate, as it were, from his speech and physical therapy. They both said we could start bringing him again if we ever had any concerns, but he seems to be doing so well now. He is always surprising us with new words and phrases. And he loves wrestling with Grant, which helps him keep his muscles strong, which was a problem initially.
Congratulations John!! We're so proud of our little graduate. Hopefully he will continue to make good progress!!
Here is John up on the ottoman pretending to be a super hero.
John is surprising me each day with all the letters he can identify. His language is still is not very complex. We're still mostly at 2 and 3 word phrases and some things are more easily understood than others (sometimes Grant translates for us), but I think he's doing great. Hooray John!
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