The Second Opinion

Today, a SLP came to do a second opinion eval. on D. She was pleased with his progress, and thinks we are on the right track with all that we are doing, so we should continue. She doesn't have time to fit him into her schedule right now, but things could change. Thus, we will continue with what we are doing.

She also gave us some exercises to strengthen D's oral-motor muscles that entail licking chocolate off of straws! Lucky kid! No more thumb sucking or sippy cups--don't know how we'll break him of the thumb sucking! Any suggestions? I've seen "devices" in magazines, but they look so freaky!

Anyways, we're happy that we are on the right track, and we look forward to hearing from the schools to see if they will add a day of services for D.