New routines in the Lockhart household - again!

Our holidays are well and truly over. We have been back to school and work and all our routines for a week now. Kirsty started back this week too and was blessed with a wonderful bunch of "Welcome back" flowers from all the staff and kids at Inchture.

Finlay's routines have changed a bit this week. He had a physio session in nursery this week half an hour before nursery started. He could not quite work out why Mum was leaving him with the physio rather than the bricks and water tray but like everything else he was quick to take it in his stride. He also enjoyed being back with his childminder and his wee pal there while mum was at work. He continues to work hard with the OT and Speech and Language.

His speech is showing real progress with lots more words and the occasional group of words put together. He was heard to say to a sibling this week "Stop it idiot.". While we rejoice at this spontaneous expressive language put together beautifully we can assure you we did not congratulate him. He was proudly wearing a sticker after nursery this week and could tell us that he got it for "tidy up time". This we could congratulate!! These short phrases are a real encouragement for us. He has not seen one of his Speech and Language Therapists for four weeks and we are looking forward to hearing what she has to say about his progress.

Our holiday was great. Lots of swimming and cycling as we all took our bikes. Finlay gets to ride on the back of Dads. The older boys got to ride quad bikes and Finlay was in a quad pod. (Photo's to follow soon!) Hannah had her nails done and Kirsty had a massage and a facial. Fun all round!!

Apologies for the delay in updating this blog. We so appreciate all the care and prayers for Finlay and the family. We will be trying to update weekly.

There is good progress

Our holidays have started! The kids got to go to school in jeans today which was a big hit, of course. We met with some friends for dinner tonight. The kids played while the adults yacked and occasionally they got our attention by being loud. Finlay likes being loud and is full of mischief and he was in good company for that. At the start of the week we pack our bags and are heading off for four nights. We plan to have a great time, and do lots of fun stuff - swimming, walking, sleeping, eating, and resting.

It is interesting meeting with folks who have not seen Finlay for a while. They commented tonight on the big improvement in his walking and how he is much steadier. They could see progress too in his balance and in his speech. He has a good vocabulary of single words.

This week we had the meeting round the child, a very full meeting with a lot of people. It was so helpful to hear all the professionals sharing information about our wee boy and working out how to co-ordinate the support to ease the burden on us but keep up the intensity. With some jiggling round of appointments and tacking physio and OT on to the beginning of nursery on a Thursday and Friday we will have one day completely free.

We followed that meeting by a trip to Perth to have the cast removed and an OT session. At night we headed back to Perth to Perth High for a transition meeting for Fraser. Busy times! And actually, when we think about it, before the meeting we went to pick up a tractor from Balbeggie. Yep a tractor!! It is for Finlay but we have to confess that we have all had a shot!

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