Monday, February 05, 2007

A Day At Speech Therapy

I happened to have my camera with me today when I took Kai to speech therapy. I've been quite often asked about the process of his cleft palate and how he is doing. He truly is a remarkable child, and bless his little heart, he tries so hard!

I can't emphasize enough to anyone considering a special needs child to please look into cleft babies! These children are amazingly sweet, resilient and we don't even consider him a special needs child. He does EVERYTHING any child can do. He's totally up to par in every area, except for his speech delay, which is slowly but surely coming in. If God (and Scott) permitted, I'd adopt another cleft baby IN A HEARTBEAT after we came home with Anna Grace!!!

Here's a little video I put together of what we consider to be a typical day with his speech therapist, "Miss Kathy". They have a mutual love for each other and Kai just glows when I say, "Come'on! We're going to see Miss Kathy!"

Enjoy the video and remember to click on the red 'x' to stop the background music before starting the video.


7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ohilda,

What a good job Kai is doing in speech. He is such a sweet boy. :)


((HUGS))
Tammy

Unknown said...

Ohilda,

Oh my goodness he is so adorable. I just want to eat him up. Way to go Kai good work.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing this! He is so hard-working and CUTE!

Blessings,
Tracy

Anonymous said...

GREAT JOB KAI!!! Ohilda, he is soooooooooooo precious! Aren't these cleft babies amazing!!!

Hugs,

Yvonne

Anonymous said...

Ohilda,

He is such a doll!! Evertime I see that little face, I feel the need to kiss every inch of it!!

April

waiting4Isabella said...

Munny,

I must attest as Kai Ayi that he has really come along way and he is working really hard, but also I want to give you most of the credit for all of your hard work as well. Behind the success of a child is a very supportive and hard working mom.

P/S And behind a great mom is an amazing savior and creator called Jesus Christ.

I will always pray for the success of not just Kai but all of your children.

Love you.
Ily

waiting4Isabella said...

Munny,

I must attest as Kai Ayi that he has really come along way and he is working really hard, but also I want to give you most of the credit for all of your hard work as well. Behind the success of a child is a very supportive and hard working mom.

P/S And behind a great mom is an amazing savior and creator called Jesus Christ.

I will always pray for the success of not just Kai but all of your children.

Love you.
Ily