Speech progress.....her first official word

Megan has been doing great with her speech.  She is babbling a lot and has so many new sounds it is difficult to keep up.  She was frustrated at Will the other night because he wouldn't give her what she wanted and she just started telling him "what for" and included in her little rant was a very clear "da da".

She has now on a few occasions said the word "more".  She said it to me last night when she wanted another strawberry and she is saying it at school as well.  She is using it properly and when someone is holding out on her waiting for a response.

A little regression due to a lot of sneezing (I think)

Megan is still not walking as much as she was a couple of weeks ago.  She was doing so great before the cold and hadn't gotten her groove back yet when she started having allergy issues.  She has been pretty miserable the past several days, but I think we may have found a combination of medicines that are working for her.

She gets eye drops twice a day, which she isn't fond of, but it helps her eyes not to itch and therefore she isn't clawing at them like she was.  We originally tried Claritin for her but it didn't work so she is on day 2 of Allegra and it seems to be helping.

On a side note - I think her final 2 year molar is here to stay.  She still has the tiniest little piece that hasn't broken through but the rest hasn't gone back in.  I am so thankful that she will finally get a break from teething.

Attack of the allergies

Megan has been sneezing for a few days, off and on, but until yesterday she didn't really have any other symptoms.  She had been a little less energetic for a couple of days but that was it.

Yesterday she would have a little bit of a runny nose every couple of sneezes and her eyes started itching.  She was rubbing her left eye a lot.  This morning she was still going after her left eye but pretty much leaving her right eye alone.  When I got her up from nap she had rubbed her right eye so much that her entire eyelid was bright red.  She has horrible dark circles under both eyes and she was rubbing them like crazy.

The doctor's office told me about an eye drop that would help.  It took about 15 minutes for it to kick in but then she didn't rub her eyes anymore.

I hate that she couldn't tell us how she was feeling so we could help her sooner.

Maybe, just maybe, her 2nd molars are in

Two nights ago Megan had a very rough night where she woke up every hour or so and then went right back to sleep.  So yesterday afternoon we checked her tooth and the final corner had come in.  So the final portion of her final 2nd year molar is through.

She is still in bed so I haven't checked this morning, but her teeth have a habit of going back down after they come through so who knows what it will look like today.  I sure hope she is done with them because she started cutting her 2nd year molars on April 8, 2012.  That is more than a year that she has been suffering through getting these in.

Crib standing practice

Yesterday Megan didn't sleep during nap time because she was too busy practicing standing up in the middle of the crib.  She started out putting her head down so she was standing in an upside down V, but she eventually picked her head up and was able to stand up.  She did pretty good with it.  This is exactly what happened when she learned to sit up, and when she learned to pull up.

Reducing time at pre-k

We made the decision this weekend to pull Megan out of school on Mondays and Fridays.  She will continue to go on Tuesdays and Thursdays when she receives all of her therapies.  There are have been two children added to her classroom, in addition to one of the children who was there getting very ill.  The teachers are spending their time running around trying to manage the chaos and Megan wasn't getting any benefit from being there.

In fact she was being carried around most of the day just to keep her safe.

I am extremely excited to have her home with me tomorrow and am looking forward to getting to spend more time with her.  I have created some task boxes to work on her fine motor, sorting, color recognition and manipulation skills.  I will also be requiring her to use her words and sounds to get what she wants and of course I will be ensuring that she is walking everywhere she goes.  I know that she will be getting way better attention here and that both Sam and I will be thrilled to see her more.

Walking, starting to talk and more

Megan has been doing a great job with walking on various surfaces - grass, mulch and the very thick dirt at the barn.  She isn't sure of herself but when properly motivated she will start moving.

She is babbling all the time now and is continuing to make new sounds.  She will now say "momma" on cue and will say it to get my attention.  She will say "mo" for more when she wants more music or cheerios.  It is very exciting to see her starting to talk.  Her therapist said that her last session was the best one ever - she has really started participating and responding well.

She is doing really well with getting dressed and undressed while standing up, even stepping out of her pants/shorts.

Megan is doing the motions for pat-a-cake.  She will just start doing "roll it up" and then "throw it in the pan".  She will even do the motions when Sam is the one singing the song.

A couple of weeks ago, when she was sick, we went to the store to get a natural cold remedy to try to help the kids.  While we were there we saw one of Megan's classmates.  She got so happy to see Holly, she waved hi and clapped and smiled.  It was so sweet.

Megan has figured out the sit-n-spin and is so proud of herself.  She is also able to stand up using a flat surface (side of fridge/cabinet/wall).

First hair cut

I have a whole list of updates that I need to get done but for now....I gave Megan her first hair cut today.  She needed the ends taken off the back and boy did it make a difference.  Somehow it looks like I cut her bangs, etc.  She looks so cute.