The Story of My April Butterfly: Electric Toothbrush

Friday, May 4, 2007

Electric Toothbrush

We really have to reach out to find help for Maggie and her speech. Eric talked to some of the speech therapists at school and they recommended electric stimulation. The best thing is an electric toothbrush because Maggie can bite on the bristles while the electric part of the toothbrush will stimulate her mouth muscles.

Sounds interesting, so we're trying it!

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Hello
my son cole was diagnosed with hypotonia and central sleep apena also he is currently 16 months and gets pt,ot,special instructor and a nuitricianist and are considering aqua therapy. he has come a long way but is mumbeling but cant talk no matter how hard he tries i was wondering if you found that the electric toothbrush worked . from reading so far i see they have alot of things in common and also some things that are different . my son was admitted to the hospitial over 25 times. it has been extremerly tough espicially since i was deployed to iraq for my 4th tour. i was sent home for 14 days of emergency leave due to hospitial admission. since then i got a 14 day extension which i unfortunatly have to go back to iraq on tuesday the 7 th of june . i wish you all the best for your family as i know all to well the issues you are going through. please respond to my email if it is at all possible. reid.mulholland@us.army.mil thank you for your time and any suggestions would be appriciated . my son is 16 months old he started crawling december 23rd and one day my wife and daughter took cole to the aquarium and my wife got tired of carring him so the both held his hands and kinda made him walk and unbelivable to me he got up the next day and started walking. he has come a long way in the 22 days i have been home its going to kill me going back as of right now he will be getting a special mobility device to help him sit better in his car seat and coach as he slups. his best time is the morning as he is well rested. and as the day goes on he will start falling every 2 steps or so. i was also wondering how maggie sleeps now . cole will get up at 800 and nap from 1130 till 100 then sleep from 530pm untill 8am . we were told because he uses more energy throughout the day he will get his blanket and bottle and cry at his bedroom door to go to bed. sorry this is so long but this is the first time i found anyone that had the same issues and was looking for some advice . thanks again for your time.; July 2, 2009 at 9:30 PM

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Maggie spent the first three weeks of her life in the NICU... first to investigate an irregular heartbeat- cleared with a diagnosis of a wandering pace-maker and sent home at 5 days old. She stopped breathing 2 hours after we had been home... we gave her rescue breaths, called 9-1-1 and Maggie was transfered by ambulance to the NICU, again. At 20 days old Maggie was sent home with a diagnosis of mild Laryngomalasia (floppy windpipe) and an apnea monitor to wear for 6 months. At one year of age Maggie was diagnosed as Hypotonic and spent the next 6 months of her life being seen by a Neurologist, a Genetic Counselor and Occupational Therapists. She began early intervention for her developmental delays. At age 3 she began attending a Special Education Preschool. She attended a typical Kindergarten class with RSP help for fine motor delays. Beginning in 1st grade she began her journey through Special Education for intensive help with many developmental and cognitive delays. Beginning in 3rd Grade I decided to Homeschool Maggie through a local charter school. She still received Special Ed. services, but I was in charge of her daily curriculum. We began her 5th grade year by enrolling her back in public school. This year will either prove to be a great stepping stone to the rest of her education, or it will be a year to revisit other options. This is our journey living with a child who is Hypotonic.