-She is rolling everywhere, she would roll before, but not to get somewhere and not all the time. Now, she rolls and gets herself across the room.
-She also had another evaluation with the Up to 3 program with the Occupational Therapist today. We found out that she is chewing her food side to side like she should be doing. She is just having a problem with what goes in. She said she will qualify her for Therapy. She isn't eating potatoes anymore and after eating the potatoes she got rather firm poops, she would get all red in the face and give the classic "pushing" face, but nothing would come. She finally got something out after 4 days, and it made her bum bleed. Poor girl, then the next day she got more out and even more the next day. I think it was the breastmilk poop pushing everything out. We will see on Monday what she qualifies for in other areas.
-Holds onto a toy and clenches her jaw and fists. Or while playing with Robs hair she gritz her teeth and clenches her fists like she is going to rip his hair out. It is so funny. Rubbing her head just changes her mood.
Rob also gets a nice little head massage in the process.
She also loves to hang upside down.
She is now really interested in toys, and loves this squishy water toy.
Occasionally will sleep on her hand.
Rob also gets a nice little head massage in the process.
She also loves to hang upside down.
She is now really interested in toys, and loves this squishy water toy.
Occasionally will sleep on her hand.
-New tooth, bottom left beside her two bottom teeth, all of a sudden there it was. And I can feel two on top coming in next on each side of her 4 front teeth.
-More involved with her surroundings, she is starting to whine when she can't see me or wants me. I will come into the room and she gets all smiles to see me. She rolls pretty good now, but not really to get anywhere. Her left arm is weaker than her right, she will get up onto her knees and her left elbow and right hand, with her head resting on her forearm of her left arm, and she will rock back and forth. She does this a lot in her bed and on our bed.
-Update: She is qualified for the "Up to 3" program. Our goal right now is for her to be sitting for 3-5 minutes unassisted. We love, love her physical therapist Curt, he is awesome. He came for the IFSP and immediately asked if he could wash his hands and just laid right down on the floor to play with Melanie. He is so cute with her and is so good at what he does. He is just great and Melanie loves him, he says 90% of the kids he sees cry when he is there, so he was loving Melanie. Melanie will also get some Occupational Therapy(eating), she has the chewing down and moves food in her mouth like an adult would, she just won't let us put anything in. She will eat bread, puffs, and she was loving green beans off my plate today, and ate quite a bit. I really think we will totally skip baby food all together with her. So, we are excited to work with Up to 3.
-The last few nights she has been hard to get to sleep, we basically just have to let her cry it out, she usually will go down just fine and she does during naps, but at night time, she cries and cries until she falls asleep. I will pick her up for a minute and then lay her back down, hopefully this won't last long, she also still wakes up at least once during the night for a bottle. And she is now drinking about 6 ounces at each feeding.
So much fun!













1 comment:
what fun pictures! She looks like she loves that squishy water toy!
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