It's been a busy two weeks since the last post, but Ellie is doing great! She has started OT and has met with her early interventionist. They have both left some pretty awesome toys that she absolutely loves. One is a moracca that fits perfectly in her hands and the other is a little chick that makes chirping noises. She has been doing rasberry's but the other night she started making the wa-wa-wa noise. I'm terrible at explaining her noises but I'll attach the videos. Also, she is sitting on her own with minimal assistance. She topples but it's after a good minute or two. Now that she's sitting it makes it a little easier for her to reach out and grab toys. We're practicing that and rolling over. I must say, I'm so proud of her and how well she's doing. And not to mention her using a sippy cup. I started letting her play with it about a week ago, and since she's teething and biting down a lot it helped her realize that's how you get the liquid out. It's taken her a little bit, but she took 3 oz out of it yesterday and took 5 oz out of it today. I mean, she's not even 8 months old and her gestational age is a month behind and she's already picking up the sippy cup! I'm going to give her another week before I move her completely over to the sippy cup. And if you're thinking it's too early, well I don't want her to be 2 y/o and still on the bottle so the earlier the better and why not if she's picking it up and not making a mess.
I'm about a month behind on her vaccinations so she just got her 6 month shots on Wednesday and that was not a good experience. She gets her blood taken and it doesn't nearly compare to the cries and screams of shots. But anyway, she got fussy and wasn't as nearly as hungry as she normally is... and then the fever and crabbiness. She had a couple of days of fever, but she is over and back to 100%. It's so nice to have such a happy baby. Really, she is absolutely wonderful and loving.
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| At Aunt Stacey's sitting like a big girl. |
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| Wheeling around Target. She got to touch and explore a lot of new things. |
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| Playing with her toys and sitting so great! |
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| 1st time in her exersaucer playing with her plastic slinky |
Wow times is flying! She is doing awesome for only being a month behind the books of a "normal" baby. Jacob never wanted to do things the "normal" way! LOL. I love reading about her and how she is progressing. Now I do have a question though, for her being blind she is doing quite well with "seeing" objects to grab them like the sippy cup and toys. So she can't see them at all and she feels around for them? She just seems like her sight is kind of there with the look at pictures and the way you say that she is grabbing for things. I guess it is just hoping that she has some kind of vision even if it is just a hint of light so she can see the fuzzy outline of things.
ReplyDeleteShe has to feel around for her toys. We suspect she can see bright lights but we're not sure. We get reactions out of flashlights but not the lights on the toys. Getting her to reach out and feel the toys is something that we're working on. She doesn't just reach out like other babies. I usually rub her hand on it and then sometimes she'll go back to it.
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