Since Isabelle stopped breathing at 5 weeks old, joined with the fact that the development of her gross motor skills has been quite 'behind' I think part of me has always worried that she may have some long lasting effects, as we will never know how long she stopped breathing for. However, my worries have faded dramatically over the past few months, as she's proved what a baby genius she is intellectually.
After 3 sessions of physiotherapy, I am sooo proud to announce that we have serious 'crawling progress!!' The physiotherapist told us during her first session that her hips were very weak, and it could take a long time to strengthen them before we see results in her movement. So I am really excited that she has just started crawling slowly, but independently after only 3 sessions!
She will be having physio every two weeks, and she has also been referred to an occupational therapist, who we are yet to see. So I'm really looking forward to seeing what they say about her :)
Its been really hard to be persistent with doing her exercises, as they seemed to really hurt her, but it's already paying off :)
It annoys me that people are so opinionated that she hasn't been crawling at 13 1/2 months, it's as if some people just assume that means she's slow. But you only have to spend two minutes with her to realise she's a very bright, normal little button.
I like to think she's super special, as she's had so many extra hurdles to get to where she is, and I hate the thought that she's been through pain to get here. She's learning and developing so quickly now though, I'm so unbelievably proud of her. Seeing her start to crawl has certainly cheered up a very poorly mummy tonight :)
She'll be running rings around us before we know it :) xxxx
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Photo time!
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| The Birthday Princess |
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| Smiles at Grandma's |
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| Practicing crawling! |
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| Big girl, standing! |
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| Beautiful Smiles |
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| Chilling at daddy's work! |
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| Brushing my teeth! |
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| Taking Piglet for a ride! |
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| With my Pushchair |
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| Birthday Banner! |
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| Learner Driver |
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| Peeking in my toy box |
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| Feeding baby! |
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| Feeding myself |
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| Story time with Cousin, Peyton! |
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| Tea Party! |
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| Birthday Card, on Telly! |
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| Bath time! |
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| Birthday Cake |
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| My first swing! |
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| Amazing new family! |
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| Peppa Pig! |
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| My new friend, Heidi! |
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| My new Playroom! |
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| The Playroom again! |
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| Dressed up with Daddy! |
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| Daddy's first Fathers day! |
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| My Birthday ride! |
An actual little girl!
I think its safe to say my tiny baby has officially gone! Lately i have found myself wishing i could slow the time down! I cant believe i haven't blogged since she was 8 months old! She's now 13 Months!!
Last time i posted, we were worrying about her development being behind. I'm not really worried about her anymore, she is still quite behind with some things but she's learning so much now its amazing! Here are some of the latest things that have got us going all gooey over her...
* If you sing 'Pat a Cake' to her, she starts clapping her hands straight away, then during the last line ' Put it in the oven for baby and me' she pats her tummy!
* She now nods her head whilst saying 'yeah yeah yeah' .
*She can pick her own sippy cup up and drink from it.
*She now shuffles on her bottom at a pretty decent speed, and can get just about anywhere she chooses to go!
* If you tell her to have a drink , she immediately picks her cup up and starts drinking!
* When we sing '5 current buns' She gives her her imaginary penny, and pretends to eat her current bun at the end of every line.
*When singing 'Wind the Bobbin' she attempts to do the winding action with her arms, claps in all the right places, and points to the ceiling.
*She can do the actions of a fish, and a chicken, and makes cat noises when asked.
* She knows where the clock,Dolly, light, ceiling fish and Lucy Lamb (cuddly toy) and her toy train are and will point to them when asked.
* When asked how old she is she holds up one finger.
* She knows where her hair, knees, toes, ears, Tongue, teeth, head, and hands are, and will point to her nose when asked in both French and English.
*She gives kisses whenever she's asked to (and even when she's not!)
*She can hold her fork and spoon and feed herself an entire meal.
* When we're putting her trousers on, she pulls them up herself, in attempt to "find her piggies".
* When she finishes a meal, she gives herself a round of applause.
* If we hold her coat out for her, she now puts her arms through by herself.
* She waves as soon as you say goodbye.
* When you say "hello" she pretends to pick up a phone
*She can pull herself onto her knees.
* She can brush her own teeth, and hair.
* She dances whenever she hears music.
*She recognizes characters on the television.
* As soon as she sees a cat, she makes cat noises.
* When we sing 'Heads, shoulders, knee's and toes, she can correctly point to all apart from shoulders at the moment.
* When on her feet, and holding onto our hands, she has recently began to put one foot in front of the other and take steps, which is a new achievement for her, but she's still heavily relying on our support.
* She picks up her Dolly, and its bottle, and holds the bottle over the 'baby's' mouth, pretending to feed her. (sooo cute!!)
So she may not be walking or quite crawling just yet, but she's certainly learning a lot. She's become such a little character over the past few months as well. We still cant go anywhere without being stopped several times and complimented on what a happy little girl she is, or what a beautiful smile she has.
She had a fantastic first Birthday, surrounded by family and friends.. she's already a very popular little girl! We had a party on the Sunday before her birthday, with special guest Peppa Pig, and a family trip to Skegness on her actual birthday, where she had her first ever ride on a donkey and absolutely loved it!
We had her weighed on her birthday and she was exactly 18lb 1oz, so growing nicely, but still tiny really :)
We're now looking forward to her second Christmas, its going to be soo magical this year as she's at such a wonderful age.
I'm still loving being a mummy, i absolutely love the age she's at now, watching her grow and learn is amazing! I'm going to try and get back into regular blogging again. So much has happened in the past five months its impossible to remember it all.
Adam and i have had a few chats lately about the plans for 'Little someone Elce number two' .. and unfortunately money is our main concern. At the moment, we're lucky to have family looking after Izzy while we're at work, but i wouldn't expect them to look after two. But at the same time, we couldn't afford childcare, but it would be a big loss for me to stop working.. so we're going to have to have a serious think about how we plan our family.
My friend, Becki had her second baby at the beginning of September, and Izzy got incredibly jealous when she saw me hold her at first. However, we recently visited again, and she absolutely loved baby Heidi and kept kissing her.
I'd like to have a bit more time with Izzy being an only child before a second one enters the scene, but i do now think she will like to become a big sister eventually!
It feels good to have finally blogged again.. I couldn't believe it when i logged on and saw that iv had 13,873 views! I'm determined to not leave it so long this time!
Love love love xxxx
Last time i posted, we were worrying about her development being behind. I'm not really worried about her anymore, she is still quite behind with some things but she's learning so much now its amazing! Here are some of the latest things that have got us going all gooey over her...
* If you sing 'Pat a Cake' to her, she starts clapping her hands straight away, then during the last line ' Put it in the oven for baby and me' she pats her tummy!
* She now nods her head whilst saying 'yeah yeah yeah' .
*She can pick her own sippy cup up and drink from it.
*She now shuffles on her bottom at a pretty decent speed, and can get just about anywhere she chooses to go!
* If you tell her to have a drink , she immediately picks her cup up and starts drinking!
* When we sing '5 current buns' She gives her her imaginary penny, and pretends to eat her current bun at the end of every line.
*When singing 'Wind the Bobbin' she attempts to do the winding action with her arms, claps in all the right places, and points to the ceiling.
*She can do the actions of a fish, and a chicken, and makes cat noises when asked.
* She knows where the clock,Dolly, light, ceiling fish and Lucy Lamb (cuddly toy) and her toy train are and will point to them when asked.
* When asked how old she is she holds up one finger.
* She knows where her hair, knees, toes, ears, Tongue, teeth, head, and hands are, and will point to her nose when asked in both French and English.
*She gives kisses whenever she's asked to (and even when she's not!)
*She can hold her fork and spoon and feed herself an entire meal.
* When we're putting her trousers on, she pulls them up herself, in attempt to "find her piggies".
* When she finishes a meal, she gives herself a round of applause.
* If we hold her coat out for her, she now puts her arms through by herself.
* She waves as soon as you say goodbye.
* When you say "hello" she pretends to pick up a phone
*She can pull herself onto her knees.
* She can brush her own teeth, and hair.
* She dances whenever she hears music.
*She recognizes characters on the television.
* As soon as she sees a cat, she makes cat noises.
* When we sing 'Heads, shoulders, knee's and toes, she can correctly point to all apart from shoulders at the moment.
* When on her feet, and holding onto our hands, she has recently began to put one foot in front of the other and take steps, which is a new achievement for her, but she's still heavily relying on our support.
* She picks up her Dolly, and its bottle, and holds the bottle over the 'baby's' mouth, pretending to feed her. (sooo cute!!)
So she may not be walking or quite crawling just yet, but she's certainly learning a lot. She's become such a little character over the past few months as well. We still cant go anywhere without being stopped several times and complimented on what a happy little girl she is, or what a beautiful smile she has.
She had a fantastic first Birthday, surrounded by family and friends.. she's already a very popular little girl! We had a party on the Sunday before her birthday, with special guest Peppa Pig, and a family trip to Skegness on her actual birthday, where she had her first ever ride on a donkey and absolutely loved it!
We had her weighed on her birthday and she was exactly 18lb 1oz, so growing nicely, but still tiny really :)
We're now looking forward to her second Christmas, its going to be soo magical this year as she's at such a wonderful age.
I'm still loving being a mummy, i absolutely love the age she's at now, watching her grow and learn is amazing! I'm going to try and get back into regular blogging again. So much has happened in the past five months its impossible to remember it all.
Adam and i have had a few chats lately about the plans for 'Little someone Elce number two' .. and unfortunately money is our main concern. At the moment, we're lucky to have family looking after Izzy while we're at work, but i wouldn't expect them to look after two. But at the same time, we couldn't afford childcare, but it would be a big loss for me to stop working.. so we're going to have to have a serious think about how we plan our family.
My friend, Becki had her second baby at the beginning of September, and Izzy got incredibly jealous when she saw me hold her at first. However, we recently visited again, and she absolutely loved baby Heidi and kept kissing her.
I'd like to have a bit more time with Izzy being an only child before a second one enters the scene, but i do now think she will like to become a big sister eventually!
It feels good to have finally blogged again.. I couldn't believe it when i logged on and saw that iv had 13,873 views! I'm determined to not leave it so long this time!
Love love love xxxx
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