I realized tonight as I was doing dishes that Siahna's delays have become a part of our everyday normal life. I feel like she's doing so great until I see a baby who is younger or the same age doing all these things that she's not yet doing. Then I get down. We had our third therapy session tonight and Jeff started by telling JD that she really hasn't done anything spectacular this week. Maybe that's why I've felt kind of down about her progress. We kind of felt that this week we didn't see a lot of growth in her. But, after spending 15 minutes with Siahna, JD could see that she had made leaps and bounds over the past week. I guess we had become used to it or didn't notice the little things. She was rolling over tonight back and forth. She kept bringing both hands to center. She sat up and reached for a toy using both hands. She even reached down and grabbed onto her pant leg - something we've never seen her do. It was encouraging to have an outside perspective because sometimes I think we do get used to our "normal" life.
After JD left tonight, we did a little dance in the kitchen and gave Lou high fives to celebrate her accomplishments for the week. She is making progress - we just need to take the time to see it and appreciate it!
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