Sadie is such a different little girl when she is feeling good. We finished her antibiotics for pneumonia about a week ago. Since then we have had all smiles and giggles. Not only smiles and giggles, but she is actually working on milestones again. She has not done anything new since around Christmas. We are lucky she has not lost any of her skills for as long as she has been sick. It is wonderful to see her trying new things.
So what is she doing new?
1. She is reaching for her toes... While laying on her back, she will reach for her knees. Lately though she is going past her knees almost reaching her toes. Which means her flexibility is increasing.
2. She's rolling from her back to her tummy... Back in December (I think) she accomplished going from her tummy to her back and she has been able to turn from her back up onto her sides, but has never had that final "umph" to get all the way over. Well that changed this weekend. She did it a couple times over the weekend and she has been doing it all day today. In fact, she has actually gone from her tummy to her back and then back to her tummy again. Twice today she did that!
3. We are working on sitting up... She still falls forward while we are holding her waist in the sitting position and she stills wants to throw herself backwards, but she is tolerating being in that position for a longer period of time. She still has a long way to go on this skill, but all skills have to start somewhere.
4. She is starting to balance on all 4 extremities, like in the crawling position... She needs help getting her legs up underneath her, but once they are there she will push with all her might to get her arms straight and hold her body up. What she can not do is pick her head up while she is up on all 4, so it's hanging down. She has a lot of work to do on this skill also, but again you have to start somewhere.
That is her 4 new milestones/tricks that she is working on. It is incredible to watch her. After she accomplishes something she is just so proud of herself. This huge pirate grin comes across her face and her whole body scrunches up in pure excitement. She turns her head to find you to make sure that you are watching her and cheering since she can not hear you. You can feel her energy and excitement and pride in the air. It makes your heart melt.
I just thank the Lord that he is giving her a break from the respiratory illnesses (and all illnesses for that matter). Sadie obviously loves it too!
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