Toe Wiggling!

Pete's leg is still causing discomfort today. He has only worn his ankle brace for about half an hour and has had his slippers on, rather than shoes, all day. I mentioned it to Suzie and she said the discomfort may be caused by the brace or be because his hamstring muscles in the thigh and behind the knee have become tight this week. She did a lot of work to try to relax them which is fine, but then I think they tighten again. She said he will probably ache tomorrow after the stretching they had today! He can get around the house alright without the brace but must wear it outside where the ground can be uneven. He has also become very concerned about this toe wiggling!! He used to be able to do it with not much problems, but last night couldn't make them move, and tonight he keeps trying - some times it works, other times not. The trouble is that he keeps on at it and if it doesn't work he gets a bit frustrated, and it seems the harder he tries the worse it is.
I think the family is jinxed at the moment because today Mel has had an accident and badly torn the ligaments in her ankle! Her Dad has also been in hospital but, thankfully, on the road to recovery and back at home now. All we need is for Martin to have something happen and we are up the creek without a paddle!!!
Pete's brother Gary popped in for a visit today which was nice to have chat with someone. Pete enjoyed seeing him.
Pete has been a bit happier today and this morning we did some more letter recognition exercises which was good as we haven't done that for a few days. Also he has been trying to make some more sounds. We need to practice this a lot more than we do at the moment. Nowadays speech therapy is more to do with establishing communication than making the sound of letters and words which is what it used to be a few years ago. So mouth exercises and letter sounds have been a bit neglected.
There always seems so much to try to do, with the result that not a lot gets done as it is all a bit overwhelming and sometimes I don't know which is the most important. We tend to concentrate on one thing instead of doing a little bit of everything every day. As I have said before, I really want to get him writing or drawing and I tend to concentrate on the letters and copying words. But now I need to change all that!!!