One-on-one Session January 27, 2012 (Monica)

Nathan and I worked for about 25 minutes today. He asked me to unwrap his cookie without prompting, mentioning my name in the request. He also spontaneously asked for the camera, sunflower and giraffe toys. He became distracted by each toy though. In fact, he was quite tired during dinner and went to bed early.

Earlier, he sang two songs spontaneously with his microphone. He also snapped on his own when I played My Girl using the iPad. Whenever the iPad screen went dark, he’d ask, “What happened to the screen?”

I sang A Whole New World to him, and he actually repeated the phrase “magic carpet ride.” Perhaps he has seen Aladdin before? He also mentioned Paul Bunyan twice. I’m not sure where he learned about the American folk tale lumberjack.

One-on-one Session January 20, 2012 (Monica)

Nathan and I worked for about 20 minutes today. In the beginning, he was all smiles. He asked for cookies six times, with some prompting. Then he sang “Do You Love Me,” “A Wink And A Smile,” and a Japanese song spontaneously, using a bowl as a microphone. I’ve noticed that whenever I sing, hum or whistle along with him, he maintains eye contact. Afterward, he became listless and distracted, playing with the buttons on the piano with his head down. Ate Chris was able to revive his energy though by getting him to play with animals. Eventually, he became very energetic. He was especially excited about strawberries for dinner.

Music therapy

We had a trial music therapy today. Nathan loved it! He was happy the rest of the day until the last few minutes before he fell asleep. He was also talking more.

He loved it when the electric guitar played:

Nathan loves tickles

It used to be hard getting a meaningful kiss from Nathan. Usually, I would have to kiss him. But since I’ve started tickling his tummy after get a kiss (with a sound) from him, he has been excited about giving me kisses.