EI Visit Today

Today Mattie's Early Intervention coordinator came to review her goals and write new ones. Mattie met all her goals that we had set six months ago and we came up with some new goals for her to work on.

One goal is to have Mattie cruising/walking. Mattie has no problem pulling up on furniture and she will reach with all her might to get to an item. She just won't cruise down the couch or coffee table. If you place it just out of reach, she will plop down and crawl to the object and then pull up again.

We also set a goal to practice using her pincer grasp. She mostly scoops with the palm of her hand when eating. She also suggested letting her hold her spoon more even if she isn't really feeding herself. She has shown more interest with wanting to use her pincers so I think that will be an easy one.

The other goals were to encourage her to initiate playtime and sounds to objects. Mattie really doesn't show much interest in playtime. I'm not sure if others have experienced this, but she will just sit alone very content. If you bring her a toy she will play with it, but she really doesn't go to her toys and pull things out. She will crawl all over the place, but not to play with toys. She really likes things that make noise so if she sees paper or her wooden circles on the floor, she will get those things. They have to be out in the open though. We've also taken those little plastic containers and put rice/noodles in them. She loves to shake them. No need for expensive toys!

So far we've not had any therapist coming to the house on a regular basis. We are keeping a close eye on Mattie's development, but she really seems to be fine with just the things we are doing with her. Her coordinator said she will talk with the therapist and they may come out for a visit. Then we can decide from there what we want to do.