Better today.

Therapy today went much better for Gracie / She wasn't upset like she was yesterday. Everytime we go, we try to find the best path to take to get to the result we want, which is eventually to get food in the mouth, and today we actually got ( a little ) food in the mouth!!!!
We began with Carey Anne making oatmeal for breakfast. Smells are very important along with taste. Then she followed Gracie's cuse to make it as pleasant as possible for her. She found out that Gracie makes great eye contact when she is given the spoon to feed Carey Anne. She watches intently when she does this and even started to grasp the spoon. This was big, really big so we decided to follow through with this as a focus.
Later, after swinging!, we sat her down at the table with her listening program. I brought the bag with the headphones in and she followed me. We weren't planning on doing at the table, but she followed me into the kitchen. It was cool to watch her as she made up her mind. She stood outside the playroom while I went into the kitchen with the bag. You could actually see her think about what she wanted to do. " Do I stay here and play or do I go in there with the food and listen?" She chose the kitchen. Which was HUGE. So as she was listening, she sat at the table with food. Carey Anne went by turns, having Gracie "feed" her and feeding Gracie by putting applesauce on her thumb. Well, the thumb actually made it into the mouth 5 or 6 times WITH APPLESAUCE on it.! She wiped it off part of her thumb but was distracted enough by the program to leave some of it on and she seemed to like it!
So today was a good day.
So we went home afterwards and went on the swing and she LAUGHED. She makes this great face on the swing. Her eyes get huge and her mouth stays open and it's just too funny. I will have to get a picture of it!