Molly's Progress

Here is a short update on Molly's progress....

Now some of you haven't seen Molly in a bit and don't expect to see the huge difference in her that we do but it is huge. It shows up even more when you put her in a room of babies on track. It didn't hit me until I was at a play date and the baby girl who joined our group was 7 months old. I knew she was behind and something was different from 3 months old but it really was obvious after that.

Now you can all tell me, that all babies develop at their own pace and I understand that. Molly is so different. She is so happy and just so content with who she is that it makes it easier to deal with the delay but it still hurts. It is still weird on how far behind Molly really is.
Early Intervention says she is (30% percent)
Meaning Molly is behind 70% from age appropriate behaviour in babies her age. I cannot check off on the list of milestones for anything for her age. With Mikaela I could always check off one or 2 out of a list of 10 things. Molly is still at 3 mos old.

Enough of her lack there of ,lets celebrate her accomplishments thus far.She us going to EI and Chiropractor. I do have to say that with each visit to Dr. Bear the Chiropractor Molly does something new. After 2 visits to Dr. Bear Molly jumped in the jumperoo. She never ever jumped or even tried to prior to her adjustments. Molly also began to babble ,ma mas, ba ba, and dadas.

With a daily massage Molly now opens her hands so much more then before. Which was barely and when we did pry her hands open she would cry. Molly tolerates Little Gym front rolls so much better , maybe because her hips are lined up correctly now and it doesn't hurt.

Who wants to move when they are so tight it hurts. Just imagine waking up with a stiff neck and having to move it before you stretch. Molly's body is like this all over. Molly also is doing so much better with doing mini push ups and turning her head. Molly was never able to cuddle as an infant. Molly never slept on her tummy on our chest because she couldn't turn her head. Well recently after therapy and Chiropractor started she can. Not alot but she is able to turn her head more and cuddle before bed time with Mommy or Daddy. Tummy time is so much easier now that she can look to the side and not have to worry about being face down in her own drool.

Molly tried to push her rattle on her high chair tray to her other hand and then tries to hook the rattle with her open fingers and shakes and bangs it. She also reaches for toys now on her tummy and food from Mommy's hand. She can recognize her bowl and spoon and tries to grab it, well, fists it's. Her hands are mostly fisted but if they are open it's because she is not tired or had a really good massage the night before.

Just these little things are huge for her but we still have a long way to go.