Sick but improving

Maria's still got that persistent, phlegmy cough. She's gotten both her dad and her Uncle Andy sick so far.

She continues to fight the warm compresses. We are glad she's asserting her independence more, but she really needs this treatment for her eyes. Monday she goes back to the eye doctor and I'm fairly certain that he's going to recommend lancing the swellings. Yuck. She has her orthotics appointment for her ankle braces the same day.

Her sitting is improving. We took her to a restaurant recently and she again did pretty well in a booster seat. She flops around a lot, but we finally realized that she's just experimenting with body position.

She looks around for sounds more often than she used to, even without her hearing aids. She has some jingle bells that we wrap around her wrist that she likes to shake (and bite, but that goes without saying). She may be learning to understand a few words. When feeding her, she likes to suck her thumb, but if you say "Bite" she will take her thumb out to take a bite. She loves to pull people's hair, but she's starting to learn to let go when you say "Let go".

There are a lot of other small improvements that escape me at the moment. She seems to be in one of the developmental jumps she gets now and then.