Kean earned his nap today! After two therapy sessions, he was one tired little pup. Pat came this morning and besides working his mouth -- she had him use a bouncy ball Greer had gotten for her birthday. 
An hour after Pat put him through the paces, his new therapist, Maureen came with her own exercise ball. So he had a lot of bouncing and rolling time today. Maureen is the one who is working on his vestibular (not sure of the spelling)-- but it's something about his equilibrium and balance that is tied into his inner ear. And in short, it's off. 
Maureen has me playing this classical music that sounds like Mozart on crack. It's speeded up, filtered, sounds like all the bass has been taken out and it is a tad bit annoying. But it's supposed to stimulate his nerve endings or something like that. She also, on top of the rolling over on the ball and working on his strengthening exercises (trying to build up his tone), she gave me a very soft brush that I am to rub quite vigorously on his legs, arms and back. So far, he doesn't like it. But she assures me, he'll get used to it.
Of course, not liking it for Kean means grimacing-- not crying. He is the happiest, sweetest child. I am so in love with this boy!P.S. Kean is 10 months old today (birth age). Wow... how did this happen?
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