One More Developmental Note

Okay so I’m trying to record all that we know about little Hope so that we can track her progress as she grows. Today I’m specifically trying to recap what she can  and can’t do with regards to mobility. When we got her on May 14th she could:

• lie on her back
• from her back she could pull up to a sitting position if she was holding your fingers (it was a struggle)
• sit unsupported but was wobbly
• could hold her own body weight standing
• could hold your fingers and walk

This means she could not:

• sit up without assistance
• crawl
• transition from sitting to lying down without hurting herself (she would just fall over and hit her head)
• transition from sitting to crawling
• transition from sitting to standing
• transition from  standing to sitting
• walk unassisted

Now 24 days later:

• she can sit solidly without falling over
• she can crawl
• she can walk by herself, 8-10 feet across the room, from one parent to another (she won’t do it without us there, she knows if she falls she can’t recover and will slam her head back onto the floor)
• she can roll over on her tummy, push herself up to a crawl position then sit back on her heels and get to a seated position with her legs in front ALL BY HERSELF!
• she can lie down from a seated position slowly and safely when she isn’t angry
• she can crawl to a chair and pull herself up to a standing position
• she is learning to sit down from a standing position but it is still really tentative

Hope has made some amazing progress in just 24 short days. We are focusing on tummy time and trying to develop her crawling skills so she will better understand how to do all her transitions and so that she will develop some muscle tone/strength in her upper body and arms. She is also making great strides with her tactile issues. The only things that really still bother her are soft, fuzzy, furry, things. She will almost take anything you offer her now, she doesn’t have to “touch pre-test ”  it first, she will just take it. I can’t even imagine where this little sponge of learning will be in a months time…3 months, 6 months, a year…it’s incredible to be a part of this ! God is so good!! The next couple posts will be about the OTHER two children I have, in case you forgot I have two other ones. Blessings!