Carter and Elijah Update

Just a quick update on the Lansek Boys......

Elijah...

January has marked our one year participation in the Early Intervention program. Meeting this milestone meant a full evaluation for Elijah. We had a team of therapists come on Friday to the house and this is what they found. As far as Eli's gross and fine motor skills he is meeting all his marks and physically seems to be in perfect health. This means that we will no longer need the skills of Miss Kelly, our OT. Although sad to part ways with her...we are very excited to have over come any physical challenges that we had. When tested on his adult interaction skills Eli actually did quite well and scored way above that mark at a 27 month old's level...pretty cool! The speech portion showed that Eli will need the help of a speech therapist...no surprise. We knew that concentrating so hard on his motor skills could mean that he may fall behind a bit with his speech. We are anxious to get started and hope to have a speech therapist in place in the next several weeks. Aside from the craziness of having to adjust to therapy and all the exercises that come with that Eli is doing so well. He is happy and healthy and growing like a weed. He is enjoying the world up on his feet and shows no signs of ever being behind his peers physically. He climbs, runs and kicks a ball with no problems. He is even becoming more comfortable sticking up for himself when his big brother gets a little bit pushy.

Carter...

January has also marked some significant changes for Carter as well. He continues to have a therapist come to school twice a month. He loves to see her and responds very well to her. She monitors his activities and makes sure that he is consistent with his peers and not showing any signs struggle. December was a very tough month for us and Carter. All the excitement of the holidays and growing pains lead to some bad behavior and struggle but we have started January on a very positive note. Carter is displaying signs of maturity and is doing a much better job in the listening department. Mommy is enjoying his help with picking up toys and daily tasks such as helping to get dinner and snacks ready and doing dishes. Carter is also becoming much more excepting of Elijah....one could say he is even loving at times. Hoping to make a trip to Disney soon has also sparked Carter's good behavior. He has been told to get a reward such as a trip to Disney he has to listen, share, help clean up, lose the fresh mouth and most importantly be nice to his brother and everyone around him. Although sometimes we have little slip ups this seems to be a great incentive for not just Carter but all of us!