We took Isabelle to her physio appointment yesterday, and she was absolutely amazing! She pulls herself up now, and is starting to step sideways slowly whilst holding on. The Physiotherapist, Laura, recommended that we get Izzy her first pair of shoes now, to support her ankles and to help her gain confidence on her feet. So my mum and I took her to Clarks shortly after her appointment, and grandma bought her first shoes (a family tradition), which were size 2 1/2 F. She's incredibly proud of them!Laura also said her left hip is quite stiff, so she has given us some stretches and exercises to do with her to help to loosen it.
She now walks confidently around her playroom now pushing her baby in her pushchair, and is incredibly proud of herself when doing so!
She really is coming on leaps and bounds at the moment, every day she's learning something new!
We have another little worry at the moment with her diet though. As instructed, we introduced a tiny amount of dairy into her diet when she reached a year old, to see if she still reacted to it. She did, so we stopped it again straight away. However, three week later she is shill reacting to something. She's had diarrhoea up to 12 times a day, every single day for almost three weeks! I took her to the doctor last Monday, they wanted to test her for an infection. If the results came back clear but the diarrhoea carries on (which they did, and it has) they are going to look into other food allergies such as wheat etc. So she has got to go back again on Monday to see what they want to do.
I don't think she'll have gained any weight at all this month.
The diet thing is really worrying me. We've just about got used to her not having any dairy, although it is quite difficult, but the thought of her not being able to have dairy OR wheat really worries me. Its so important to me that she has a healthy, balanced diet, and I want to make sure that's still possible.
She's still her happy self though despite having such tummy ache. She gives real 'squeezy snuggles' now, where she throws both arms around your neck and squeezes you tight while saying 'Aaah'. She warms my heart :)
