Busy Busy little girl

Sophia motto this month is...Speed, I am speed. We have never seen a baby crawl as fast as she does. It is literally so fast that it is like she is running on her hands and knees. When she reaches her destinations she stands up like a pro and she frequently cruises (walks) along the furniture. Sophia is really trying to walk as well she has now taken six steps in a row! It won't be long before she is chasing her big brother around.

Sophia has had allot of fun this month, she had a girls weekend with maw maw and mommy when the boys went up to Aunt Cindy's cabin. During the girls weekend she played while mommy and maw maw started building a crazy troll sculpture out of paper mache'.

Sophia also visited the Midland Center for the Arts and saw Dinosaurs with he Brother.

As far as eating goes it seems that we take two steps forward and one step back. She is still trying to eat. In fact she really likes pasta (especially the pasta nests that a friend of mine gave us), string and regular cheese, puffed snack foods, corn beef hash and jello to name a few. The step back is that it is still not enough to sustain herself. She still receives night time feedings to help her grow. Which can be a little scary for parents of a Roley pole-ly baby. At night we connect her g-tube to an extension to a feeding bag that is connected to a feeding pump. The pump kicks on at designated times to give her food. While most people say "you mean you don't have to get up with her to feed her in the night...what a godsend..." What people don't understand is that she still wakes for her pacifier and more importantly is that the feeding tube becomes a choking hazard for a baby who twists and turns through the night. We have on several occasions checked on her and she has had the tube wrapped around herself. Having a child with a g-tube throws all of the newer baby "crib rules" right out of the window. If you think having a blanket in the crib is dangerous try having a long tube that is tethered to a pump and the baby herself. We might have a pump...but night times are still very interesting at our house.

Last month I spoke of our therapist who did not believe what we were telling her despite seeing it with her own eyes. Needless to say after a few more meeting like that one we decided that she simply was not a fit for Sophia. We have since cancelled the appointments through that organization and have taken her to see a therapist who was recommended to us by Sophie's wonderful physical therapist. Sophie has seen the new therapist once and we can already see that this was a wonderful decision and we believe we have finally found Sophie a Speech therapist that is a fit for her. We are confident that the new therapist will get Sophia moving forward with eating as we do. We are very, very excited about this change for Sophie!

It's hard to believe that Sophia is almost a year, We have so much to be thank full for and there are so many people who have touched ours and her lives though this journey. Thank you again everyone! -