Charlie
We have a lot of firsts around here, so let's talk about some of our new firsts. . .
1) Yesterday you "played" with play-doh for the first time during therapy. You are not a fan of holding it in your hand, but you enjoy smashing it (with some help). We played with it again today after snack. You would smash it with less of a prompt, as in not needing hand-over-hand, but your favorite was dropping it on the floor for Joey. Like so many things, you wanted to share with Joey. I am so glad we do not have to teach you how to share.
2) You actually let me put a spoon in your hand yesterday and then put
it into your mouth!!! We did this with Cheerios, so there is no picture
of the actual spoon moment. By the time I grabbed the camera, you had
shared the Cheerios, but I did get to take these pictures of the moments
following.
Luckily, Joey is great at clean up duty.
3) Yesterday you had your first hearing test. Yep. You didn't fully pass it. Let's be honest, your parents were not shocked. Cutie, it would have been great if you fully passed, but the fact you react to sound is a HUGE blessing. You have come soooooo far since December when you didn't react to any sound. (Yes I know you have almost been home for 3 months and are just now testing your hearing. We knew it would be traumatic and were hoping more trust in us would help.) You were a champ though as we sat in the booth. It was so interesting to witness you screaming, yet laughing at the bunny playing a drum. So today we went back to the doctor's office and due to the fluid in your ears we are trying tubes and will go from there. So your surgery is Wednesday.
4) Today you said your first phrases. That right, phrases. Plural. During lunch you signed, "more" and said, "mo mama" for "more mama." I like to think you said this because I had paused in my singing and you wanted me to sing some more, but you were probably asking for more food. At the same time, you said it again while we were playing if your blocks this afternoon. You scored major points because you did it for Dada when he got home from work. Dada decided he needed to rock you tonight because you wanted more of him.
5) You slept last night for 12 hours straight. 12 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am thinking it is because we finally decided to give you music all night. The past three nights you have slept through the night while rocking out to The Beatles lullaby CD on repeat. Your Dada keeps waking up to "Dear Prudence."
6) So your first drum is no longer a drum. It is a shape sorter. Your
first drum we have allowed you to play with was a formula can, because
we didn't want to give you your drums from Ethiopia yet. You loved it.
It was a good size for you, but we were having problems with you
learning "in" so a sacrifice had to be made yesterday during therapy.
You screamed and cried when you realized Miss K had cut a hole in your
drum, but you put your blocks into the square hole she cut, so it
worked. So Mama realized we needed to get you another drum. Since you
are on whole milk, we no longer have formula cans sitting around, so I
went and bought you a drum. (Again Dada and I decided you are still a
bit too young for your Ethiopian drums.) Being a good mom, I let you play with the drum sticks for a bit, but then took them away. You weren't so happy about that. . .
Love, Mama
We have a lot of firsts around here, so let's talk about some of our new firsts. . .
1) Yesterday you "played" with play-doh for the first time during therapy. You are not a fan of holding it in your hand, but you enjoy smashing it (with some help). We played with it again today after snack. You would smash it with less of a prompt, as in not needing hand-over-hand, but your favorite was dropping it on the floor for Joey. Like so many things, you wanted to share with Joey. I am so glad we do not have to teach you how to share.
Luckily, Joey is great at clean up duty.
3) Yesterday you had your first hearing test. Yep. You didn't fully pass it. Let's be honest, your parents were not shocked. Cutie, it would have been great if you fully passed, but the fact you react to sound is a HUGE blessing. You have come soooooo far since December when you didn't react to any sound. (Yes I know you have almost been home for 3 months and are just now testing your hearing. We knew it would be traumatic and were hoping more trust in us would help.) You were a champ though as we sat in the booth. It was so interesting to witness you screaming, yet laughing at the bunny playing a drum. So today we went back to the doctor's office and due to the fluid in your ears we are trying tubes and will go from there. So your surgery is Wednesday.
4) Today you said your first phrases. That right, phrases. Plural. During lunch you signed, "more" and said, "mo mama" for "more mama." I like to think you said this because I had paused in my singing and you wanted me to sing some more, but you were probably asking for more food. At the same time, you said it again while we were playing if your blocks this afternoon. You scored major points because you did it for Dada when he got home from work. Dada decided he needed to rock you tonight because you wanted more of him.
5) You slept last night for 12 hours straight. 12 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am thinking it is because we finally decided to give you music all night. The past three nights you have slept through the night while rocking out to The Beatles lullaby CD on repeat. Your Dada keeps waking up to "Dear Prudence."
Love, Mama
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