Friday, September 23, 2011
Happy Twenty Month Birthday, my little princess ...
yesterday I finally after knowing for months decided to work with Zoey on drinking from a straw! I have to say, once again - the girl amazes me! it was as if she knew exactly what to do - as far as the sucking part (yes, this seems "typical" I would say. my other kids instinctively knew that as well - after going from bottle, to sippy cup, to straw - but I was told that it would take a lot of work and she wouldn't get it right away) ... the keeping it in her mouth and swallowing was a little trickier, but she did swallow some of her formula! now I need to not be lazy be sure that we do this at least one time a day ... and I think if I did it before each bottle, it wouldn't take long and she'd be bottle free! I could be wrong, but if I get my butt in gear put in the effort I think in a month or two we could be saying bye-bye to the bottles!
per suggestion by the occupational therapist, I used a honey bear with a straw put in it (sans honey and washed well, of course) ... this way you can squeeze the liquid up, to help them get the idea! the way you're supposed to do it is to wait until the child puckers around the straw, that way they start to understand what they have to do to get the liquid up ... I only squeezed the liquid up twice, because it was nearly immediately apparent that she knew what to do and how to do it! my amazing little princess!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Happy Eighty-Six Week Birthday, my little princess ...
as you can see, saturday was a very special day!
how perfect that Zoey did this not only
when the camera was ready, but also on a saturday -
making a perfect weekly birthday photo spread for the blog!
that's right, our little princess now stands up completely on her own.
on her own!
as in, she can be in the middle of the room with no furniture
or anything or anyone to assist and she can just stand up!
my hubby was telling me how I'd missed seeing her do this,
she had done it twice and I distinctly remember giving
him the "really???" look. for some reason I wasn't convinced
and didn't get how I didn't notice the previous night, I
had thought she had used furniture to get up and then let go!
and yes, after all my high pitch excitement and
smiles from ear to ear (and her finally plopping down from a quite
decent amount of time standing) I scooped her up, hugged
her in close, and cried. they were very happy tears.
way to go Zoey!
we're so very proud of you and know
that this is the beginning of so much for you!
love you, little princess
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Happy Eighty-Two Week Birthday, my little princess ...
that darn sick bug really hit Zoey hard! last saturday I thought
we were quickly passing it, but it returned with a vengeance!
the fever ended up not actually being gone - it returned that evening.
it lasted a week and and two days total! and what started
as a virus turned into an ear infection and UTI!!!
poor little baby had to go to doc appointment, pee in a bag,
get blood work, and ended up on antibiotics!
she was finally having more happy time this day -
poor sweetheart!
after two weeks she finally was herself again, but the
eating (solid food) took a few days to get back
to where we were, in fact she's still catching up with that!
through it all, we could always see that it
seemed as though Zoey was trying to be happy -
even when all she could do was whine because she was so miserable!
poor little girl - it's so good to have her all better now!
(written 9-3-11)
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