Teeth are better

Maria's teeth seem to be feeling better. Three of the molars have broken through, but one stubbornly refuses to get it over with. She fusses less now, though she's still drinking rather slowly. She continue to eat well, and Cathy is making her food pretty chunky now that she has some chewing surfaces. Maria adapted to the chunkier food quite quickly. Her therapists continue to marvel at her progress in how she holds her body. She's gotten very good at grabbing a toy while she is looking at it; she used to look at it, then look away before reaching out for it, which is a classic sign of cortical vision impariment. She loves to play with her feet, though she needs a little help finding them. But as soon as her hand gets close to her feet, she gets this big grin. We do the baby sign language thing with her, and we think she's started to understand "milk" and "eat". Cathy thinks Maria even made the milk sign the other day. She definitely continues to make slow progress, and we just need to remember to emphasize the word "progress" rather than the word "slow".

Yes, we know it's been a long time since we've posted pictures. We're trying to find time to snap a few more, but she's still such a high maintenance girl we tend to forget. Patience :)