I've had very long days over the last few weeks and it's not likely to change anytime soon.
I came home today, exhausted but couldn't wait to spend some time with Savannah. We've been working on learning the parts of the body. She's known where her belly is for the last several weeks and enjoys showing it off and poking her belly button with her finger.
Today I asked her where her head was and she quickly put her hands to her head and gave it a pat. I then asked her where her feet where and she grabbed her feet. Followed by the removal of one sock.
We did this most of the evening with me asking where her belly, head and feet where, as well as playing with her favorite toy...her ball. I asked her where her hands where and showed her mine but she did not mimick me in my actions, we'll keep working on the rest of the body.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
13 months
Today Savannah is 13 months old and quite the little mover and shaker. She doesn't like to sit still for a moment, but i suppose that is normal for her age.
She has continued to get sick, even after the surgery. I recently got a call from the school stating she has a fever of 103.4 and when I arrived at the school they said she was wheezing a little bit. Her Pediatrician instructed me to take her to the nearest ER to receive a breathing treatment. While we where there, she got an x-ray of her chest that revealed pneumonia. She did receive a breathing treatment and also got her nose cleaned out via suctioning. Needless to say she was not a happy camper through the whole visit. On top of the pneumonia she also had an Upper respiratory infection. At her follow-up visit she got more blood drawn to test her immunoglobulins. The test came back on Thursday, they are a bit low, which explains why she has gotten so sick over the last 8 months. So, she has to see another specialist at Children's and is also going to have more allergy tests run as well. There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm thankful for that.
Due to the amount of time she's been sick I wanted to pull her from daycare. I love her daycare, the teachers love her so much and it is clean, but despite that Savannah's body can't fight off the germs so I've found a way to keep her at home. Friday was her last day at daycare and there were tears and best wishes from her teachers. Savannah gave them a card and some beautiful flowers that morning to say thanks for taking care of me over the last year. All of the teachers signed a big card for Savannah and some of the notes brought tears to my eyes. There are pictures in it of her and her teachers and some of her friends. The older kids made Savannah some flowers as an art project. A few of the teachers gave Savannah some cards and gift and she will be missed, but she and I will miss them as well. I told them not to worry, they'll see her again. I'm able to take her in as a drop off, if my new sitter is sick.
One of Savannah's part time sitters is becoming a full time nanny for her. She'll be cared for at home with daily excursions when the weather is nice. Daily trips to the park, the beach, the zoo, or the children's museum are in store for Savannah. I have to create daily menus, and activities now, good thing I have experience in this area or I'd be lost. With the one on one attention I expect to see some wonderful cognitive growth in Savannah rather quickly.
She is walking and even trying to run. She loves to climb the stairs but would rather hold on to finger and step up then climb up them on her hands and knees. We haven't really tried going down the stairs yet, but I'm sure we will once summer gets here and we can play on the steps off the patio. She can climb onto the couch now as long as I'm sitting there, she grabs onto my legs and pulls herself up, she tries without me too and is so close to success.
Tomorrow we are going to visit "Little Gym" and see how their parent child play groups are. With her being out of school I still want her to be socially developing and be able to play well with other kids. Next week we will be visiting "Gymboree" to see whose classes we like. We may not go to either, but rather go to the children's museum for play time, we'll see.
As for her language development, she's not really repeating words. She says a few and uses them at the right times such as uh-oh, mama, but I anticipated she'd be further along at this point. Although I know she understands what I'm saying, she doesn't try to mimic sounds. Sign language usually helps to develop language but she hasn't really gotten into that either. She does use it occasionally, but still not as often as I'd hoped she would. We will continue to work on her language...verbal and non-verbal.
Her nesting cups are her favorite toys. She love to put the cups in one another over and over again. She tries stacking them too and can do it if she has the right cup in hand. She hasn't yet figured out that if it doesn't work to try another cup, but she will be doing that before we know it. She is in a very repetitive stage right now. Doing the same thing over and over again to see the results. I love watching her play and start formulating her opinions.
That's it for today, I hope you enjoyed reading my blog about Savannah.
She has continued to get sick, even after the surgery. I recently got a call from the school stating she has a fever of 103.4 and when I arrived at the school they said she was wheezing a little bit. Her Pediatrician instructed me to take her to the nearest ER to receive a breathing treatment. While we where there, she got an x-ray of her chest that revealed pneumonia. She did receive a breathing treatment and also got her nose cleaned out via suctioning. Needless to say she was not a happy camper through the whole visit. On top of the pneumonia she also had an Upper respiratory infection. At her follow-up visit she got more blood drawn to test her immunoglobulins. The test came back on Thursday, they are a bit low, which explains why she has gotten so sick over the last 8 months. So, she has to see another specialist at Children's and is also going to have more allergy tests run as well. There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm thankful for that.
Due to the amount of time she's been sick I wanted to pull her from daycare. I love her daycare, the teachers love her so much and it is clean, but despite that Savannah's body can't fight off the germs so I've found a way to keep her at home. Friday was her last day at daycare and there were tears and best wishes from her teachers. Savannah gave them a card and some beautiful flowers that morning to say thanks for taking care of me over the last year. All of the teachers signed a big card for Savannah and some of the notes brought tears to my eyes. There are pictures in it of her and her teachers and some of her friends. The older kids made Savannah some flowers as an art project. A few of the teachers gave Savannah some cards and gift and she will be missed, but she and I will miss them as well. I told them not to worry, they'll see her again. I'm able to take her in as a drop off, if my new sitter is sick.
One of Savannah's part time sitters is becoming a full time nanny for her. She'll be cared for at home with daily excursions when the weather is nice. Daily trips to the park, the beach, the zoo, or the children's museum are in store for Savannah. I have to create daily menus, and activities now, good thing I have experience in this area or I'd be lost. With the one on one attention I expect to see some wonderful cognitive growth in Savannah rather quickly.
She is walking and even trying to run. She loves to climb the stairs but would rather hold on to finger and step up then climb up them on her hands and knees. We haven't really tried going down the stairs yet, but I'm sure we will once summer gets here and we can play on the steps off the patio. She can climb onto the couch now as long as I'm sitting there, she grabs onto my legs and pulls herself up, she tries without me too and is so close to success.
Tomorrow we are going to visit "Little Gym" and see how their parent child play groups are. With her being out of school I still want her to be socially developing and be able to play well with other kids. Next week we will be visiting "Gymboree" to see whose classes we like. We may not go to either, but rather go to the children's museum for play time, we'll see.
As for her language development, she's not really repeating words. She says a few and uses them at the right times such as uh-oh, mama, but I anticipated she'd be further along at this point. Although I know she understands what I'm saying, she doesn't try to mimic sounds. Sign language usually helps to develop language but she hasn't really gotten into that either. She does use it occasionally, but still not as often as I'd hoped she would. We will continue to work on her language...verbal and non-verbal.
Her nesting cups are her favorite toys. She love to put the cups in one another over and over again. She tries stacking them too and can do it if she has the right cup in hand. She hasn't yet figured out that if it doesn't work to try another cup, but she will be doing that before we know it. She is in a very repetitive stage right now. Doing the same thing over and over again to see the results. I love watching her play and start formulating her opinions.
That's it for today, I hope you enjoyed reading my blog about Savannah.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
12 1/2 months
Savannah is doing so much now I'm afraid I'll forget everything so I thought I'd give a little update.
Savannah is walking all over the place now. She still likes to take a finger mostly to lead you where she wants to go. Tonight she took my hands and walked me straight to the back door and fussed when I tried to direct her elsewhere. She knew she wanted to go outside, so we did for a few minutes and she lead me to the stairs, I wonder where her final destination was if I'd let her lead me to it.
She has learned to click her tounge in the last few days and is rather pleased when you mimick her sounds.
She got her first molar in this weekend with another 3 about to burst. Canines should come in next and I hear those are the most painful for the little ones, so I can't wait for that time.
She is finally starting to use sign language. I need to put more of a focus on teaching her more signs. At this point she still mimicks them rather than using them on her own accord, but I'm still very pleased. She is signing more, finished, and milk most commonly but we are working on hurt and food items like cheese, cheerios, and crackers.
She has started learning about her body. If you ask her where her belly is she will lift up her shirt and show you. We are working on head, feet, legs and eyes. Eyes only because she insists on poking me in my eyes and I tell her eyes then show here where her eyes are.
She can pull her shirt off her head and tries to put clothes on by putting them around her head. I pulled down her pants today and she tried to pull them back up it was so funny I laughed and then she laughed. She takes her pants off on a regular basis now and tries to put them on when in a laying position. When you give her socks she will reach down to her feet and place the sock on top, she is so smart to know her sock goes on her foot.
Well, I suppose that is all for today, hope you enjoy reading about her development as much as I enjoy experiencing it.
Savannah is walking all over the place now. She still likes to take a finger mostly to lead you where she wants to go. Tonight she took my hands and walked me straight to the back door and fussed when I tried to direct her elsewhere. She knew she wanted to go outside, so we did for a few minutes and she lead me to the stairs, I wonder where her final destination was if I'd let her lead me to it.
She has learned to click her tounge in the last few days and is rather pleased when you mimick her sounds.
She got her first molar in this weekend with another 3 about to burst. Canines should come in next and I hear those are the most painful for the little ones, so I can't wait for that time.
She is finally starting to use sign language. I need to put more of a focus on teaching her more signs. At this point she still mimicks them rather than using them on her own accord, but I'm still very pleased. She is signing more, finished, and milk most commonly but we are working on hurt and food items like cheese, cheerios, and crackers.
She has started learning about her body. If you ask her where her belly is she will lift up her shirt and show you. We are working on head, feet, legs and eyes. Eyes only because she insists on poking me in my eyes and I tell her eyes then show here where her eyes are.
She can pull her shirt off her head and tries to put clothes on by putting them around her head. I pulled down her pants today and she tried to pull them back up it was so funny I laughed and then she laughed. She takes her pants off on a regular basis now and tries to put them on when in a laying position. When you give her socks she will reach down to her feet and place the sock on top, she is so smart to know her sock goes on her foot.
Well, I suppose that is all for today, hope you enjoy reading about her development as much as I enjoy experiencing it.
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