Nora gave me her first smile yesterday! She did it on Tuesday for Andy and on the weekend for Grandma, but today was the first one she did for me. I managed to capture part of one for the camera.
She met with the Occupational Therapist from KRESA (Kalamazoo schools) on Monday. She played with her on the floor and had nothing but good things to say about her progress. She will meet with a Special Education teacher next, then we will draw up her plan for what services she qualifies for.
The other night I had quite a scare. I almost don't want to write it in the Blog because I am feeling very guilty and it will definitely take me out of the running for the best Mom award. I was up at 1:45 am feeding Nora in my bed. I needed to run down to the kitchen to make her a bottle because after 30+ minutes of nursing she was still hungary and I was getting tired and wanted us both to go back to bed. I set her on my pillow on the bed while I went downstairs. Once I was in the kitchen, I heard a thump and a cry and ran back up to the bedroom. Sure enough, Nora was on the floor screaming! She fell from the bed! I scooped her up and did a quick check and she appeared ok and stopped crying in a couple of minutes and was ready for her bottle. Nevertheless, I took her to the ER to get her checked out by a pro. We were home by 5 am with some instructions of things to watch for the next day; but Nora was ok besides being exhausted from the long night. I guess I learned my lesson with that. The only place I set her down yesterday was where she could be buckled, strapped or contained!
Today Nora went to Physical Therapy. Her therapist is a very flexible young lady named Katie. Katie sits on the floor practically in the splits and plays with Nora moving her arms, legs and neck. We are working on her head control and tracking objects. It is fun. The session is 45 minutes though and I think that is a little long for Nora. She is ready for a nap afterwards for sure! After PT, I worked out at the gym. The PT office is in the same building as the gym. I left Nora at the Child Care Center. This worked out great. She slept the entire time in the Child Care Center and I got in a good hour workout. I have 11.5 lbs to go to get to pre-baby weight. My goal is to have it gone by the time I am back to work in April.
Don't feel guilty Amy! All of us that have raised children have had these experiences of what we should have done. Fortunately, babies are pretty hardy little people and do well in spite of us.
ReplyDeleteEvery mom has a similar story, but the guilt won't end anytime soon. Glad she's okay. She has the sweetest face.
ReplyDeleteI remember being extremely cranky one evening and wouldn't have won any Mom award either, then when I put the kids in bed they told me with such sincerity how much they loved me and I could have died of guilt.