What a great few months Sarah-Hope has had. She has been
healthy and the increase in appetite and movement has been wonderful to see,
not to mention well-timed given that we enjoyed a holiday in the UK and USA
during this period!
With Sarah-Hope having no medical set backs in the last
couple of months, she has become more adventurous and keen to explore. She has
orthotics in her shoes to support her feet and a compression suit (her ‘speedsuit’
as we call it!). This SDO suit gives her core support and in turn frees her
movement up which then become more unconscious enabling her to do much more.
From a fine motor development and imaginary play
perspective, this beautiful doll’s house has been an absolute bonus. Sarah-Hope
loves playing mum to the tiny baba and doing housework too.
She also loves being pregnant like Aunty Carol.
Reflecting on the last post when I was feeling overwhelmed
by Sarah-Hope’s dependence on me, something has shifted in the last few months…
the “I do it self”. This is encouraging, and I’m pretty sure that she will do
everything herself when she’s ready. Sarah-Hope amazed me the other day. Her
hands are too small to pull the lever on a spray bottle but she worked out this
brilliant trick of pushing the bottle down on the counter top – I wouldn’t have
thought of that!
Next time I’ll post on the blog, she is likely to have
turned three! Can’t believe all that has happened since 2011. Looking forward
to celebrating:)
