Thursday, July 11, 2013

Aubrey had another physical/occupational therapy appointment yesterday.  She cried through about the first 20 minutes of it--I think it was a combination of being sleepy and having to do some stuff that was more like work than she likes.  We have to start the brushing technique that we've been doing on her legs on her arms as well; this should help her with bearing more weight on her hands when she gets on her knees.  Right now, she stays on her elbows most of the time.  We also have to help her with sitting up; she will sit on her behind and lean forward and prop on her hands, but she's not quite sitting up on her own yet.  She'll get there.

Sitting on the couch with me.  A friend who hasn't seen Aubrey in person commented on her little back rolls in this picture...I had to tell her that they were all skin!  No fat on that baby yet. ;)

 The OT has told me this before, but as we were leaving yesterday she said, "I know you know this, but Aubrey is a miracle."  I nodded.  Yes, I know.  "No really," she said.  "We don't usually see 24 weekers doing what she's doing when she's doing it."  That just makes me more proud of my feisty baby and thankful that she's so amazing.

We gave her rice cereal from a spoon for the first time yesterday too.  I mixed the cereal up according to the directions on the box, and it came out thinner than she takes it from her bottle.  *sigh* So, I thickened it up a little and after the first spoonful went into Aubrey's mouth, she looked at me like, "what the heck am I supposed to do with that?"  Lots of it came back out with a flick of her tongue, but she did a little better with it tonight.  She'll get that down too, no doubt.

First time eating with a spoon

-Keli