A Quick Update

It’s only been a few weeks since Bella started school, but I thought it was worth an update. She’s doing well in school. She’s vocalizing a lot more, but she still isn’t saying any real words, BUT, she also seems to be using her hands more. Creating her own little signs for the things that she wants or needs during the day. I’m still trying to teach her actual sign language, but for now, we’ll take what we can get.

Her issues with socialization haven’t really improved too much. We were hoping that school would help, being around the other kids. She still seems to avoid the other kids and does her own thing when she’s there. The plus side, as I’m told, is at least she’s not mean to the other kids. She shows no hostility or anger. She’s not bullying or pushing anyone around… and no one is doing any of that to her either. So that’s good.

I’ve been told by her speech therapist that we should now get her evaluated again because she’s sure that she’ll qualify for occupational and physical therapy as well. We’d considered these before, but since she did well on her tests, we all thought that we’d just focus on speech. Unfortunately, now that she’s been seen for longer periods of time, it’s apparent that she’ll benefit from other therapies. So, that’s our next step.

The last few days, Bella has been quite sick. She’s on antibiotics right now, but she’s missed the last two days of school. We’re hoping that she’ll be in top form come Tuesday, so she can head back to class.