Well we had our evaluation yesterday from Miss Alex - it was pretty lengthy but all in all good news. She feels that we should get a neurologist to check Noel for problems, Noel does certain things that a baby who could see wouldnt do, she moves her legs in and out, presses her eyes ( which we know is pretty normal ) for a child that has Visual Impairments, and she rocks a lot, whether its her brain telling her to do this or its just a behavioral problem due to her vision is what the neurologist would be able to tell us.
So next week i plan on calling her pediatrician and asking for a referral to see him, so we can gain some more insight into what Noel is thinking , doing etc......
Miss Alex had some light up toys that Noel seemed to catch a glimpse of - so there is definatlety the possiblity that she has light perception and thats good, we need to work on some tracking activities to see if she will try to track with her one ( what we call good eye ) we know she is definatley blind in her right eye.
So practice we will this weekend, among other things, Noel is recovering from Roseola , and double ear infections so were trying to take it easy on her until she is up to par.
My son did a lot of rocking...he has low vision, too. His VI teacher was pretty worried about it, way back in the day...when he was doing it....5 months old, I think (now he is three). A lot of it, I think, was his body/brain craving a stimulus...and with sighted children, they get a lot of stimulus from all of the visual input!
ReplyDeleteHis teachers wanted me to not let him rock, wanted me to sit him somewhere where if he rocked back he would bang into something. I just let him rock, or if I noticed him rocking I would give him something else to stimulate him in a different fashion.
It is really hard being a mom...add any other 'complications' and then it is even harder.
Keep doing the great job that you are doing. Early intervention is key.
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