A sigh of relief..

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