So Milo is back into his routine this month of school and therapies. As the new year went by, it seemed that Milo turned a corner in his development. He came out of the fog of Christmas and this month has been a much more regulated, engaged, affectionate little boy, with quite the sense of humour.
We have some days where his repetitive play and numbers take over a bit, but this month he has really started to initiate pretend play alot more. This is a big deal in his development, and for the DIR model that we are doing with him, this means he is coming into level 5.
He is currently doing lots of back and forth's of communication using quite a few gestures. He has also started saying "I love you" to me in the past week! Considering we have only been using the DIR model for about 6-8 months, this progress is not too shabby and really testimony to how great of an intervention DIR/Floortime is.
The next step for Milo is to be around typical kids a lot more, so he can start practicing more at social peer interaction.
So all in all, a good start to the year!
