Monthly Archives: March 2008

30 Mar

Li-Li on a grid

With the guidance of so many amazing people, she’s making huge leaps: take a look at the progression in these snapshots from her Early Intervention evaluations.
28 Mar

Better than the Wiggles

First, a gratuitous shot of Li-Li and Tess. Then a “Beautiful” video and finally, a very cool interpretation of a song I normally wouldn’t be all that into follows.
24 Mar

The Great 2008 Easter Egg Hunt

It was a very busy Easter Sunday for Li-Li.
19 Mar

Bilateral Dilemma: To bi or not to bi?

Do we schedule a second implant now and reap the near term benefits of localization and better hearing in classrooms? Or wait 5, 7, or possibly 10 years until medical technology offers less invasive surgery, better approaches to stimulating or even regrowing the nerve?
13 Mar

Signed, sealed … adopted. Pah!

Anna-Li’s adoption is finalized at Norfolk County Courthouse by Judge Christine Harms.
12 Mar

Li-Li and Christine, hard at work at TLC

She was very interactive and engaged with me. She imitated 5 out of 6 of the Ling sounds while playing with the toys (not “oo,” but she let me squeeze her little cheeks to help her round her lips, and she enjoyed squeezing mine while I modeled the “oo” sound) …
10 Mar

My little ‘terp

Behavioral issue or job skill?  For a couple of weeks, we found that Li-Li would clam up her usually chatty self and selectively use ASL in her speech classes with Christine and Laurie. And then, with Anna, her ASL teacher, she would only use spoken words instead of her familiar signs! Anna [...]
05 Mar

Li-Li’s first “big girl” Map

More unprompted words from the little one (she mimics word sounds frequently, but we’re distinguishing between those and words that she says on her own and in the right context)! I’ll have to find a way to keep a running list of things she now says regularly, such as “mama,” “papa,” “meow,” and “uh [...]
04 Mar

I love our social services programs!

Some of Li-Li’s many Massachusetts-provided programs: parent-infant program at TLC (PIP), early intervention speech class 4X a week (2 SLPs), family sign, a Deaf advocate, and more…