Pancakes......Yummy!!

This week (last Friday) in therapy, Ella learned about 'Hot, Stove, Pancake, Eat, Eyes, Nose, Mouth, etc....'  After putting Ella's 'ears' on when we got into the apartment, I noticed that she was not responding to 2 of the Ling sounds, s and sh.  I honestly don't know if I have blogged about the Ling sounds before but if I have just ignore the next couple of sentences.  There are 6 Ling sounds, named after the founder Daniel Ling,  "ah, ee, oo, s, sh, m."  These 6 sounds ensure proper implant performance.  Every time you attach the implant,you are to test them using the Ling sounds to make sure everything is working properly.

After figuring out that she was having a little bit of difficulty with "s and sh," I pointed this to Mrs. Linda and she made a quick call to the fabulous audiologist, Jolie Fainberg.  Unfortunately she wasn't able to see us till noon so we went ahead and did what we could. 

We talked Ella through the making of the pancakes and sat her down to eat.  She 'opened' the butter and we used it to put the eyes, nose, and mouth on.  We then used syrup and covered the pancake. Yummy!  By this time mine and Ella's mouth was watering.

All was good until we started trying to give Ella bites.  The only thing she had to do was say "eat" or "ee," and then we could give her a bite. Well apparently she wasn't in the cooperative mood today  Let's just put it this way, she only got 2 bites. 

It's frustrating to see your child struggle.  Even though I hated to see Ella cry (she wanted some more pancake), I knew that making her use her language is the best way to teach her.  Mrs. Linda and I joke all the time about how much Ella is like Naty.  Their strong personalities which will serve them well in the future but for now...............we just grit our teeth and bare it. :)

P.S. After seeing Mrs. Jolie, she turned her map (programming) up which seemed to help with the "s and sh."