Guess What?!

The last post on this blog was published in May 2016.I haven't been able to update this blog as often as I would like to. One of the main reasons for such a long delay in the update post is that I am always super tired! And the reason behind my extreme tiredness is...

We are expecting baby number 2! Baby no 2 is due to arrive on Feb 11,2017.

With just a month's time more, we are really eager and excited to welcome our little one to this world. We really hope that baby number 2 will be a good companion for SK and they can do some of their programs together.

On with the updates now,

June-September 2016:

SK's program was still going with full intensity.

Reading program: 

English, Tamil, Spanish- Flashcards

Mathematics program

Skip counting, fractions basics

Encyclopedia program:

5 categories

Masking- 10-15 per day.

Patterning- 4 X 1 min 

Crawling: We started with 10 ft/day in the month of May and by the end of September he was crawling 400+ ft per day. He started to come to four point position on his own but he couldn't move forward. He was still crawling for locomotion.

Language program that included conversation, poem and choice board. 

Swimming 

Yoga 

Manual program that included hanging, vital release & prehensile grasp

Playing keyboard

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What else happened?

I was having terrible morning sickness which made it a great challenge to cook for him as well as to effectively give him therapy. I was warding off nausea by inhaling peppermint essential oil and it helped a little.On top of this, I was getting tired very easily and exhausted by the end of the day.

We did a few things differently with this pregnancy and that helped me cope up with some of the common pregnancy niggles(that is for another post !).

On the days when I was unable to cook or give therapy, my husband would take up the role and very efficiently complete it. In fact, there were days when he would be the sole reason for the therapy activities being done. I was so happy that SK's program was moving at the expected pace.

On Aug 23rd, 2016 - SK's 2nd birthday

I was 21 weeks pregnant by the end of September, 2016. We were to have the anomaly scan in the 1st week of October. We were so focused on being positive, so the previous experience of anomaly scan didn't affect us much. In fact, we were looking forward for the scan in order to see our baby on the ultrasound screen, for the first time. (Yes, we skipped the dating scan and NT scan)

October-December 2016:

SK's program was downsized because I was unable to execute it with full intensity.

Reading program: 

English - flashcards

Mathematics program

A little break because I was not ready with the equations to be shown.

Encyclopedia program:

2 categories

Masking- 15 per day.

Patterning- A small break because I was unable to give patterning with my baby bump in front. 

Crawling: He was consistently crawling 400+ ft per day. Often coming to four point position on his own, he tried to move forward but fell on his face. Later he moved his leg and hand alternately but fell down due to lack of balance. His crawling style has improved and his speed has increased.

We hope creeping is just round the corner for him and when he achieves it, it is a going to be a great victory.. An achievement worth celebrating. We are looking forward to that day. 

Language program : choice board. 

Manual program that included vital release & prehensile grasp

Playing keyboard

What else happened?

The anomaly scan went well and baby number 2 was healthy with no issues.I cannot explain in words how relieved we were to see the scan reports. 

I wasn't able to do as much exercise as I wanted to because SK's therapy was already demanding my complete attention and energy.I caught a nasty cold with fever which made me lose 3 kg of weight.After recovering from the flu I started to gain weight really slowly. 

By the 32nd week I had severe gas pains and I had to go to the hospital for medication. Luckily,it subsided by 4 days.

By the end of December 2016, I was exactly 34 weeks pregnant.

January 2016 :

SK's program is now very basic.

Reading, Mathematics & encyclopedia program: 

Paused

Masking- 15 per day.

Patterning-Paused

Crawling: He still crawls at least 200+ ft per day. He is now able to sit up on his own for a few seconds. We have been using the anti-sit device so that he doesn't w-sit and it has been working wonderfully.

Language program : choice board. 

Playing keyboard

SK's therapy is on basic mode now .Though we are a little sad for that, we know that this is just a temporary phase and that once our second baby is born we would be back with a bang!

That's all for the updates...