First a quick update on Z's elbow. We saw a pediatric orthopedic specialist on Monday and the verdict was that her elbow was indeed still dislocated, and that rather than popping it back in (which works in 95% of cases, but not for our exceptional child), we have to wait for the tendons to tighten and pull the bone back into place. This means 3 weeks of wearing a sling/Ace bandage to keep her arm mostly immobilized and protected. The good news is that this doesn't seem to bother her a bit-- she gets by just fine with one arm. She doesn't seem to be in any pain, either. We get to take the sling off in the evenings, and tonight she was moving her arm pretty well, so we're optimistic that she'll heal quickly.
Now a few other updates on our sweet little almost 1 1/2 year old Peanut....
Talking...
Our girl is quite the little chatterbox. She talks constantly, repeating everything we say and keeping her own running commentary throughout the day. She babbles a little bit, but mostly she's saying words and stringing little sentences together, although it still takes a parent's trained ear to decipher a lot of her words. The word that she repeats most often is "Mazie" ("May-mee," or more recently, "May-meez" -- when we try to get her to put the Z in the middle she just sticks it on the end), as in "Mazie mama," "Mazie daddy," "Mazie bear," "Mazie string cheese," etc. Everything she sees becomes "Mazie's" so-and-so. It's pretty neat to watch her realizing that she's her own little person. One of the earliest signs of this came a couple of months ago -- when she would wake up in the morning or from a nap she would take a "roll call," naming all of the people around her. "Mama, Daddy, Mazie!" Along with this development also comes the inevitable "No," although her use of the word is still fairly moderate.
Counting....
With a bit of prompting, Mazie can count to ten. Sometimes she'll start somewhere in the middle ("three, four"). Last week when she was at the zoo with her dad, he said, "Look, Mazie, giraffes!" and she replied, "TWO giraffes," holding up two fingers. Since there were in fact two giraffes, we thought that was pretty amazing, although I should note that over the past few days I've heard her pointing out "two" of things when there are actually more than two -- I think it means "multiple." Still, not too shabby for a kid who is still only ONE year old. Another counting story: Today at Little Gym, Caleb said, "One, two, THREE!" before helping her with a little flip. When she landed on her feet, she continued: "Four, five, six!"
Being sweet...
More than anything, it's Mazie's sunny, sweet, engaging personality that makes our home such a happy place these days. One of her most heart-melting moments came a couple of months ago when we were in Colorado. We were out running errands and Mazie started to get hungry -- she used her sign for "food" a few times but we didn't have anything with us. I left Mazie with my mom while I ran across the street to grab some snacks, and when I got back and handed Mazie a cereal bar, she looked up at me and signed, "Thank you." It was such a genuine, sweet gesture-- while we had taught her the sign, we really hadn't prompted her to say it. She just sort of picked it up on her own. She says it all the time now -- when we give her dinner, she says, "Thank you, Mama. Thank you, Daddy. Thank you, Mazie." Pretty adorable.
There's so much more I could say... clearly, I'm a very proud Mama. Very grateful for a happy, healthy, amazing little being. Each day brings new wonders....
2 comments:
the flip at the little gym was devant the elbow, eh?
So looking forward to seeing Mazie again and to check out all of her progress! She is a fabulous little girl (from my only slightly less biased perspective)!
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