Coraline has gently begun multi-room crawling over the past few days
Read MoreWe’ve moved our coffee table so Coraline has more space now to encourage her movement.
Read More“You might want to keep one day free where you have no healthcare appointments at all,”said the lady who came over for our initial visit from Portage when Coraline was a few months old.
Read MoreCoraline’s lovely lady from Portage (educational home visiting service) comes fortnightly to work on developmental goals with her.
Read MoreI find the thought which goes into the exercises we do fascinating - for example there’s one where she sits on your knee and you jiggle your knee about, and that’s because she can’t quite hold her head up straight, and she has to really focus to try and keep her head up when you’re jiggling her
Read More"Remember rhythm and music are the foundations to the development of language."
Read MoreAs weaning is approaching soon, her speech therapist explained to me that chewing muscles are fine motor skills and gross motor skills are the basis for that. Fascinating when you think about it.
Read MoreConsiderations about weight gain for Coraline, our baby with Down’s syndrome
Read MoreCoraline will have her own portage worker from early next year until age three. They set objectives for play, behaviour, motor skills etc. and partner with speech language and occupational therapists.
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