Initial Testing

Finally nakapagset na rin kami ng schedule for initial testing kaya excited kami kanina na pumunta. Umabot din ng 1 hour ang initial testing. Hindi naman kasama si Gareth sa loob ng room, maraming tanong ang assistant ng Dev Pedia from the start na binuntis ko si Gareth at hanggang ngayon. May mga tanong about sa genetics, food intake, pregnancy and developments. Minsan kapag may tanong napapatulala ako kasi parang may ibang tanong na kailangan ko pang i-recall yong developments nya.

Ang final test nya nakasched on March 31 at sana meron mas maagang magcancel para mas mapaaga kami.

About his development, madami na syang sinasabi lately at mostly English. Hindi sya masyadong nagsasalita ng tagalog.

I also encourage him to talk, kung may gusto sya hindi ko na agad binibigay. Kinakausap na talaga namin sya ng madalas. Sana tuloy tuloy lang ang development nya.

Gareth at Enchanted Kingdom

We went to Enchanted to Celebrate Valentine's Day. Gareth is the one who enjoys most. He loves all the kiddie rides.

At the entrance.

UP UP and Away

He is really loving it.

That's it! I am looking forward for our next adventure.

Is it Love?

That is Gareth's word for today.

He is watching the trailer of My Valentine Girls by Richard G. and when he heard Jillian speaking he likes it and got so kilig.

He keeps on saying "is it love?" that is something special to us because we didn't heard him before speaks like that. He is not imitating something before.

He is taking his SPED class for 4 weeks. So far he is now becoming talkative but some are hard to understand but he is really trying. This is a good sign because before he is not even trying to talk to us.

I believe in God that soon Gareth will act and speak normally. One day he will!

Development 1

Sa wakas nakapag SPED Class na si Gareth. He is attending SPED class 1/week for 500 pesos per session. Mabuti na lang that his school is offering SPED class too so hindi na kami nahirapan. So far nakapagsession na sya 2 times at natuwa naman kami kasi madami ng improvement.

Dati kulang na kulang sya sa eye contact pero ngayon kapag nagsasalita sya tinitingnan na rin nya kami. Madami na rin syang kinakanta. Very observant na rin sya ngayon. Marunong na rin syang makipaglaro sa kapatid nya at kung may bagong bata syang mameet sya na ang unang ngingiti. Nakakatuwa kasi ang bilis ng development at sana nga tuloy tuloy na to.

May mga nasasabi na rin sya like "NO, Mommy, Daddy, Dede, alis, ayaw, because, why, I'm four, I'm Gareth".

Latest Pictures!

Here's the latest pictures of Gareth during Christmas and New Year!!

Playing his Christmas Gift.

Joining the kids during our Reunion. :)

I am so happy for the little improvement he is showing lately. He is also trying to communicate to us and everytime we speak to him there is already an eye contact unlike before that he can't focus.

Now that the holiday is over, he will be attending his SPED Class starting next week.

I am so excited and hopefully he will show improvement soon.

Surprise

Yesterday, while me and my husband are working seriously, Gareth is playing my mobile phone. As if he is the owner of my mobile phone. Actually, he keeps on checking it because he though he is the "owner".

Well, last night he suddenly put the phone in his ear as if he is answering a call "Hello, who is you?" we were shocked and amazed of what we heard. Last time he even said "Hello, who is this?"

For us it's a good sign. He is learning fast and we are very happy and looking forward for more!

Just an update about his schooling. He is now attending toddler class everyday for a week now and so far no major development yet. I am looking forward that he will start asking questions and pointing.

Words Update

For the past 2 years, Gareth was not saying words that can be understood. It was so frustrating and we just thought that he is just delay and normal. Since he started attending school and GFCF diet, so many things had change. He can now imitate and remember the words.

When I asked him "What is your name?"

He replied: ______ is Gayeth. The blank part is hard to understand but he is trying to say My name is Gareth.

When I asked him "How old are you?

He replied: I'm Fouy (four). He can't pronounce letter R.

He is also keep on bubbling and singing which is a very unusual for him for the past years. I am hoping that soon he will start communicating to us like every kid do.