Mary was a pirate for Halloween!!
Last time I posted, I was silly enough to state that I would post 2-3 times a week.Why did I ever say that?
Maybe I thought I needed a new source of self-inflicted guilt.
Whatever caused my insanity, I have had a month of discouragement.
We have SOOOO far to go and we are moving along SOOOO slowly.
That is all I focus on sometimes.
So, I decided to take a look at the month we have just covered.
Milestones for October:
Mary playing basketball - started with making 4-5 baskets to making 30 baskets this past Friday.
Crawling: started with getting down on the floor for less than a minute, to crawling clear across the room last week.
Vocalizations: There has been much less yelling "no" as we try to respond better. She makes more happy noises now - even some humming.
Chores: Instead of refusing, she now happily helps doing kitchen chores. She helped me "fold" laundry last week. (ok - I did have to refold when she wasn't looking)
Initiating activities: Making very slow progress here. Wish I knew what I could do to get her to find something to do during down time. She just follows me everywhere.
Okay - that's all I can think of. I thought this would make me feel better. But I still feel so frustrated and impatient for faster progress.
I was looking at some old photos again - going through stuff.
There she was; Mary full of smiles and excitement.
I can't help wonder, what happened to that little carefree, happy girl?
It's like the Mary we knew, crawled into a box and shut it, then threw away the key.
How I wish I knew how to open that box again.
Good night!
Maybe I thought I needed a new source of self-inflicted guilt.
Whatever caused my insanity, I have had a month of discouragement.
We have SOOOO far to go and we are moving along SOOOO slowly.
That is all I focus on sometimes.
So, I decided to take a look at the month we have just covered.
Milestones for October:
Mary playing basketball - started with making 4-5 baskets to making 30 baskets this past Friday.
Crawling: started with getting down on the floor for less than a minute, to crawling clear across the room last week.
Vocalizations: There has been much less yelling "no" as we try to respond better. She makes more happy noises now - even some humming.
Chores: Instead of refusing, she now happily helps doing kitchen chores. She helped me "fold" laundry last week. (ok - I did have to refold when she wasn't looking)
Initiating activities: Making very slow progress here. Wish I knew what I could do to get her to find something to do during down time. She just follows me everywhere.
Okay - that's all I can think of. I thought this would make me feel better. But I still feel so frustrated and impatient for faster progress.
I was looking at some old photos again - going through stuff.
There she was; Mary full of smiles and excitement.
I can't help wonder, what happened to that little carefree, happy girl?
It's like the Mary we knew, crawled into a box and shut it, then threw away the key.
How I wish I knew how to open that box again.
Good night!