Things Coraline is up to at three and a half years old

 Top ten things Coraline is up to at almost three and a half years old:

1. Sleeping from 6.30pm to 7am in a bed with homemade sides so she doesn’t roll out and in a sleeping bag

2. Speedy crawling, including up the stairs sometimes

3. “Coasting” whilst holding on to furniture. We also try us holding her fully supported to try a couple of steps

4. Bouncing up and down to T.V.

5. Pressing buttons in musical toys and books. We’ve seen her do some matching in the books which was amazing!

6. Loving throwing everything onto the floor from sofa or bed (cushions or books)

7. Eating the world’s healthiest diet devised by Kevin. Strips of celeriac and such.

8. Going to preschool 4.5 days a week with lovely 1-1 support

9. Hanging out at home at the weekends for lockdown

10. Doing 15 minutes speech work at home on weekdays with both Kev and me present together with her. We are working on the letter sounds “h”, “l”, “s”, “g”, “p”, “b”, “n” and “k” set by her speech therapist at Digbies group that we attend (me virtually now). She is doing “s” and “p” really well. Her one word remains her version of the word cat. Therapies are on zoom but she doesn’t attend (just me to get tips) as she’s at preschool and also she does not like zoom! Her N.H.S. speech therapist and physiotherapist are going into preschool every couple of months.

What are we up to? Kev’s developing new products for @coraleenskincare which will be a year old this month.

We are applying to request a needs assessment (via her preschool) with a view to Coraline getting an Education and Healthcare Plan (EHCP). We’re taking her to appointments to feed into this. Eye test next week. Audiology appointment recently which said her hearing was fine Paediatrican two days ago. We have just been granted mobility allowance which we applied for. She has Piedro boots from Orthotics to give her feet support and wears them at preschool.

I am loving work with my goals coaches and am mid writing my book based on my blog posts. #ourstory #threeandahalf