In April 2006, we moved our family. As soon as we arrived we began the process of immediately getting Tyler's services started. This is always such a lengthy process, but one we could not delay. Early intervention and therapy have been essential for Tyler.
One day, after my husband had put up our train table we saw Tyler pull to stand. This was just one of many milestones that would happen in the next 6 months. Tyler was now 18 months and it seemed once he began to pull to stand the world was his to explore. He was on the move... We started going to the pool with Tyler and I noticed how the water improved his motor control by giving him resistance. Going to the pool was very theraputic and looking back I should have had him in the pool daily. When a child like Tyler has a bad sense of body awareness and where his body is in time and space the pool helps by giving him feedback.
His eating also began to blossom during this time. He had some sensory aversion to textures and so by gradually increasing textures and working with various speech tools this seemed to also increase. Whenever we see progress in Tyler, we often see the progress in one area at a time. During our 6 months in South Carolina Tyler was gaining many milestones in motor function.
