Speech, potty, etc.
Aunty N. took Agent Murphy to speech therapy yesterday, his first time since May 3 — the day before this bedrest saga started. His therapist says the break may have done him good, because he did really well. We went back to an hour-long session instead of two 30-minute sessions. He got a good 45 minutes in. Miss L. says we should work particularly on the S sound, the W sound, and the H sound this week. (We’re supposed to pinch his nose when working on S, because apparently yesterday he was trying to inhale instead of exhaling to make the sound.) He just recently got a kittens book that he likes — it’s just pictures of a bunch of different kittens with their names. And there are a lot of S sounds in the names, so that will help.
Today Mr. Tldz offered Agent Murphy a choice of animal crackers or gold fish for a snack. The Agent indicated goldfish. Mr. Tldz said “fish” a few times, and then Agent Murphy said it once. Mr. Tldz said he heard all the sounds. So the little guy is definitely on board with trying more.
As for the potty… My plan had been to make a pretty intense effort at toilet training in May-July to see where we’d get by the time Garbanzo arrives. Well, obviously that plan has changed, since I can’t really be chasing after the Agent and cleaning up accidents these days. So we’re continuing with a low-key approach. We still have his step-up potty seat in his bathroom, and he likes to sit on it. He sits on it after bathtime every night, and a few times Mr. Tldz has been pretty sure that Agent Murphy has peed in the toilet. And this morning the babysitter reported that the Agent indicated a desire to sit on the toilet, and then he peed! Hooray, big boy! Hopefully if we can just keep going at this level, once we get settled in with Garbanzo Bean at home finalizing potty training will come relatively quickly.