Behavior change!

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A few days ago, he suddenly let us sing “twinkle twinkle little star or ABC song “ when he is nervous, and he did not whine anymore. Usually he whines when he gets nervous. Also it seems he got nervous a lot more for no reason and keep letting us singing.

Another change is his sleeping. His sleeping time suddenly became less than before, like 9.5 hours average.

His energy is also low through out the day. It looks like he is sleepy.

We don’t know the reason and we will keep an eye one it.

Andre's physical therapists

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Andre got diagnosed with low muscle tone in March 2018 by Dr. Bauman in Casa Colina Hospital. However we could not get any Physical Therapy services when we were under the San Gabriel/Pomona Regional center. It’s always very hard to get PT service from the regional center, even you really need it!

Below are the ones we are using right now through our own insurance. We have three physical therapists from different clinics! They work in different ways but are all great and extremely helpful.


Karen with 123 Pediatric Therapy

Karen is a great PT. She is very experienced, patient, and knowledgeable. Andre is picky about working with therapist especially when Mom and I are not with him during the therapy. He liked working with Karen from the first time even without us in the room! She worked Andre on jumping, climbing, standing on one foot, etc. I noticed my son made very good progress every single time after the therapy. She is very considerate as well, as Andre has sleeping issue and sleep very little and woke up very early from time to time. We have to do last minute cancellation for many times. But Karen is always very considerate and never charged us any cancellation fee.

Kim with Physical Therapy Specialists

Kim is so good! She got 27 years experience and her focus is on sensory integration! It’t more like a OT’s job, but she is really great at it! If your kid has sensory issue, contact Kim!

Karen with Centra Pediatric Therapy

Karen is special. She has over 30 years experience. She has been working on Andre’s muscle alignment. It’s like a massage, but so helpful! Andre got drooling issue before. Our OT said it’s because of sensory issue, and our ST said it’s because of the weak muscle of the mouth. But non of the therapy worked. After we saw Karen for 3 times, the drooling was completely gone! Karen explained it because Andre’s head and neck position is not right. That caused the drooling. The muscle alignment got him much better body gesture!