Daily Speech T/Food Tasting Log for Jarene

Food Tasting given to Jarene by myself shall be logged daily from now so as to monitor if there's any clear progress. Will get some notes from Radika on the 10 days block she had done previously and post it here soon.

Day 1 - last night 27 June 8.15-8.40pm (quick one after outing)

Exercises done pre food tasting:
-> making sounds (Ah and Ooh). Baby follows well

-> lip close - count to 16 (1st set), 6 (2nd set), 20 (3rd set)

-> smack lips, blink eyes, stick out tongue commands all done well to "When u're happy and u know it tune" The blinking of eyes, right side of face still more movement. But obvious conscious and voluntary initiation.

-> using oral hygiene brush dipped in warm water clean inner cheeks and upper gums

-> metal spoon dipped in warm water x4 quick lip seal /contractions left and right done well.

-> face cloths dap "dry dry pretty pretty face" approach

Food Tasted:

-> given 5 small teaspoon bits (metal spoon) of organic yoghurt (Stonyfield Farm Apple yoghurt)
Some bits fell off, but good lip seal, and munching/smack lips following entrance of food

-> suctioned before, during and after. Total : 5 times
-> a bit of food suctioned out from mouth and a little from nose

Sound making/following:
-> Singing Game: follows consistently "singing" using Ah and Ooh to Twinkle Star, BEar Song at Botanic Gardens in the evening. Not to tune but to prompting of (your turn) as mummy sings to tune using Ah and Ooh. Still "Grring" and tensing up when excited. But can be diverted to "sing" when using the singing game.