He qualifies

After months of trying to connect, Ammon finally got his ECI (Early Childhood Intervention) evaluation. In order to qualify for services, he had to be at least 25% delayed in one area or 33% delayed in speech. Well - he qualifies. He scored anywhere from 4 months to 10 months developed in all areas. Which means he is 3 to 9 months delayed. I was a little surprised, relieved and validated all at once.
Mostly I was grateful to know that I'm not just seeing things. I was also grateful for the tips of what I could do to help him right now. He will also have an Occupational Therapist working with him once a week.
So as part of his plan, he is to climb the stairs at least once a day, practice picking up little cheerio sized cereal or puffs with his finger and thumb to practice his fine motor skills, and we get to play imitative games with him. I got a little mini muffin tin for him to have to reach into to force the pincher grasp. I get to sit with him so he doesn't just toss the tin on the floor. 
So far he has done marvelous at climbing the stairs. I can see that it's helped to get him to crawl on all fours a little more, but he is still a fan of army crawling on his stomach. He has gotten way better at his pincher grasp as well. But the imitative is coming SLOWLY. The only thing he has copied me on is spitting or blowing raspberries - call it what you will. All the songs in the world haven't convinced him yet to do those actions. We'll see. . .
Meanwhile, he is still a very happy little guy who is loving his new found pull up and cruise skill. He is standing in the crib now. I already moved the mattress down - but I may have to see if it will go down a little more.

Ammon pulls himself up and cruises for the first time! @ 13 months