March has been a great month for Sophia! Not only did she celebrate her big no. 1, but she also has made a lot of headway with feeding. Oh what a difference a therapist can make! Sophie love her new speech therapist in Saginaw and so do we. Not only does Sophie respond well to her but , she also has given us wonderful guidance on feeding. I am ecstatic to report that Sophia no longer is on the pump at night. This is largely in part to the new therapists guidance. Through the month we have removed feedings and added volume to her tube feeding. For example at the beginning of the month she took roughly 155ml six times a day. Now she is taking 220 four times a day and she is eating about 3oz of table foods a day. while that may not seem like a lot it's huge for Sophia. She had chewed on cubed potatoes, corn beef, cooked carrots, broccoli, and green beans, Ice cream, puffed cereal, cheese, beef sticks and she has tried many of the foods we have at dinner as well. Although she is a light weight at 18lbs 11oz she makes up for that with her height of 30 1/2 inches tall.
Sophia also has grown accustom to being up right
. She has taken as many as 14 steps in dependantly. When she is unsure she either squats and crawl or she finds furniture and walls to toddle along. Our Pediatrician was extremely impressed at how she toddles around the exam room the whole time she was there for her one year well child exam.
. She has taken as many as 14 steps in dependantly. When she is unsure she either squats and crawl or she finds furniture and walls to toddle along. Our Pediatrician was extremely impressed at how she toddles around the exam room the whole time she was there for her one year well child exam.Sophia also had a lot of fun this month watching a parade in Bay City and Celebrating her cousin Max's birthday. For Sophia's birthday I got her a monster cookie (liam got one too). She wondered what is was and then really started having fun with it. She got more messy eating/playing with her monster cookie then she did playing with her cake at her birthday party (a few days later).
Sophia is truly an amazing little girl, she is still a very happy and content little girl. the only times she makes unhappy noises is when she is fighting sleep, got hurt or some one is trying to take something away that she still wants.
This year has been a truly amazing journey...and everyday we still thank god for everyone who helped us in any way or are still helping us.
