Raspberries

Little Mr Man is picking it up a notch with his communication these days. With our last speech therapy appointment Kathleen made alot of emphasis on making different noises to catch his attention. Plus an ongoing thing we do is mimic the sounds that he makes as you will hear in the video below. One sound that he seems particularly interested in is the "raspberry". If you don't know what that is you'll hear it in the video. But bascially I just stick my tongue out and blow. Its quite neat really as it obviously grabs his attention. I generally get full eye contact with him from that sound and then on top of it he mimics me to the extent that he'll stick his tongue out as well! (hence the photo above) This is a HUGE stride for Alistair as he never has done any mimicing until now. He's also enjoying making all sorts of noises. Still not babbling but lots of happy sounds coming out which are heart warming as well. So one never knows but we can enjoy the little strides and dream for the big!

The other video shows Alistair checking out the house while in his new wheelchair. We're working on getting him to touch the joystick to make himself move about the house. However, right now I find he is much more interested in sitting in different locations in his new chair and absorbing the surroundings from his new perspective as he obviously is really checking things out. Another neato thing to see.