We celebrated a wonderful thanksgiving with friends and Lily is no longer sick and will be going back to school on monday, yay!
One thing I forgot to mention on the last blog that Lily did was that she "read" anthony a story. She did pretty well for her first time. It was a board book from CARS and she turned each page and said something for each page.
Lily was especially rambunctious today, so we went to Jungle Bounce (bounce house place). Unfortunately we had to turn right around and leave because she couldn't handle the noise that the machines made that blew up the equipment. She wouldn't stop plugging her ears and literally asked to go home (I want go home). At least she's communicating using more words now (that in itself has greatly improved the last few days), but it was very heartbreaking that her sound sensitivity is keeping her from an activity that I know she's always greatly enjoyed. I'm not sure how to help the situation. It's been a while since we've been to one of those kinds of places but we've been more times than I can count and it's never bothered her before. I wanted to bring her to a carnival that they were having locally and now I'm thinking that we're going to be needing to think about noise level before we go anywhere. Just another thing...
Friday, November 27, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
11/23/09
Lily, as usual, has been excelling. She has been doing a lot more "typical" behaviors and is continuing to blossom. Now she really tries to engage people and even likes to do things to make you laugh. She routinely looks at strangers and says "hi". She is definitely coming out of her own world to meet everyone, not just people she cares for.
Her school had an event for Veteran's Day that I attended with her. As she was sitting on my lap, she would routinely look up at me and say hi with a big smile on her face. At one point I wasn't looking back at her and she cupped my chin in her hand, turned my face to look at her, and said, "You like this?". Oh what a proud moment! Not only was she "experience sharing" with me the whole time, but she actually wanted to know how I was feeling. This is a HUGE deal for her! What a milestone! Since then there have been other times when she has asked me if I am happy ("mommy happy?") or commented to me, "mommy is happy" when she sees me smile. Lily has also been adding my name to her requests if she gets ignored, as if it reiterate that she is indeed, speaking to ME. She also has been saying "ok" in response to questions or requests on my part, instead of repeating what I say to her (which she's still doing, just a little bit less lately).
Today we went to the park and she seemed to really enjoy being by the water and looking at the ducks and turtle. I love it when she makes her own comments, like "brother, sister!" when she was pointing at the ducks, or "Squirt! Dude...Totally" when she was looking at the turtle (you'd have to have seen Nemo recently to get that comment).
The other day I told her that I love her and she looked right into my eyes and said, "I love you too Mommy!" It's just one of those things that is probably taken for granted by so many parents. I started BALLING my eyes out when she said that to me. It has been my greatest gift. Another thing that she has been routinely doing is saying "good night mommy" before she goes to sleep at night and for nap time (without my saying anything first). It's just so precious to me.
On a funnier note, she has been known to talk as she is falling asleep. Her latest is yelling, "chickens! chickens! chickens!" while giggling. Hard to believe she wasn't awake. Makes me really wonder what she is dreaming. Another time she was asleep and seemingly woke for just a moment, looked up and point and yelled "fire truck!" and then passed back out again, lol.
Lily has been continuing to follow directions better and we were even able to play a game as a family! We played Craniums Hullabaloo and Lily seemed to really enjoy it. Lily is able to communicate her wants much better and has been requesting things routinely that she hasn't seen for a while (a toy or a movie). This is great because she is growing out of her own little routines and expanding on the things she enjoys and is not fixating so much on any one thing.
She also has been calling our attention to things and saying "look at this" or "watch this".
Before Lily started school she was doing pretty well with the potty training, and for the first couple of weeks at school (not at home though) she routinely went. She has boycotted the potty all together now, which for now is ok, particularly since she is on day 12 of diarrhea! I'm not sure what is wrong. I tried the BRAT diet (no success) and a special probiotic her Dr. prescribed. I even had her stool tested and everything came back negative. My poor girl had the worst diaper rash, though thankfully with a prescription, that has cleared up. She's been waking in the night with full diapers and then doesn't want to go back to bed, so that's been hard too. Luckily she still seems to stay hydrated, has been eating well and has kept a pretty good attitude through it all.
One good thing that happened with it was when she first started with the problem, she was sitting on the couch and exclaimed "go pee, go pee!" so we rushed to the bathroom and she went, though what came out was not what she had expected. The good news is she recognized that she had to go and told me!! Yay!!
Lily seems to be understanding (to some small extent) that her little sister Meadow is in mommy's belly. She's even been giving her hugs and kisses! I'm wondering how things will be when she sees her for the first time. It will really make life interesting when there'll be the two of them to contend with. I'm really starting to look forward to it more than be scared by it, which has me feeling much better!
Her school had an event for Veteran's Day that I attended with her. As she was sitting on my lap, she would routinely look up at me and say hi with a big smile on her face. At one point I wasn't looking back at her and she cupped my chin in her hand, turned my face to look at her, and said, "You like this?". Oh what a proud moment! Not only was she "experience sharing" with me the whole time, but she actually wanted to know how I was feeling. This is a HUGE deal for her! What a milestone! Since then there have been other times when she has asked me if I am happy ("mommy happy?") or commented to me, "mommy is happy" when she sees me smile. Lily has also been adding my name to her requests if she gets ignored, as if it reiterate that she is indeed, speaking to ME. She also has been saying "ok" in response to questions or requests on my part, instead of repeating what I say to her (which she's still doing, just a little bit less lately).
Today we went to the park and she seemed to really enjoy being by the water and looking at the ducks and turtle. I love it when she makes her own comments, like "brother, sister!" when she was pointing at the ducks, or "Squirt! Dude...Totally" when she was looking at the turtle (you'd have to have seen Nemo recently to get that comment).
The other day I told her that I love her and she looked right into my eyes and said, "I love you too Mommy!" It's just one of those things that is probably taken for granted by so many parents. I started BALLING my eyes out when she said that to me. It has been my greatest gift. Another thing that she has been routinely doing is saying "good night mommy" before she goes to sleep at night and for nap time (without my saying anything first). It's just so precious to me.
On a funnier note, she has been known to talk as she is falling asleep. Her latest is yelling, "chickens! chickens! chickens!" while giggling. Hard to believe she wasn't awake. Makes me really wonder what she is dreaming. Another time she was asleep and seemingly woke for just a moment, looked up and point and yelled "fire truck!" and then passed back out again, lol.
Lily has been continuing to follow directions better and we were even able to play a game as a family! We played Craniums Hullabaloo and Lily seemed to really enjoy it. Lily is able to communicate her wants much better and has been requesting things routinely that she hasn't seen for a while (a toy or a movie). This is great because she is growing out of her own little routines and expanding on the things she enjoys and is not fixating so much on any one thing.
She also has been calling our attention to things and saying "look at this" or "watch this".
Before Lily started school she was doing pretty well with the potty training, and for the first couple of weeks at school (not at home though) she routinely went. She has boycotted the potty all together now, which for now is ok, particularly since she is on day 12 of diarrhea! I'm not sure what is wrong. I tried the BRAT diet (no success) and a special probiotic her Dr. prescribed. I even had her stool tested and everything came back negative. My poor girl had the worst diaper rash, though thankfully with a prescription, that has cleared up. She's been waking in the night with full diapers and then doesn't want to go back to bed, so that's been hard too. Luckily she still seems to stay hydrated, has been eating well and has kept a pretty good attitude through it all.
One good thing that happened with it was when she first started with the problem, she was sitting on the couch and exclaimed "go pee, go pee!" so we rushed to the bathroom and she went, though what came out was not what she had expected. The good news is she recognized that she had to go and told me!! Yay!!
Lily seems to be understanding (to some small extent) that her little sister Meadow is in mommy's belly. She's even been giving her hugs and kisses! I'm wondering how things will be when she sees her for the first time. It will really make life interesting when there'll be the two of them to contend with. I'm really starting to look forward to it more than be scared by it, which has me feeling much better!
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