Lily is doing great. She has been pretty healthy all summer, and has really taken off with walking. She prefers to walk over crawling now, and now that she has mastered standing up in the middle of the floor without holding onto anything, she walks whenever she wants to go somewhere. She still isn't great at standing, and her gait is pretty clumsy, but she's getting better. We've been hitting physical therapy really hard this summer, in hopes to get her walking really well before preschool starts.
The only problem we're having with walking is that, since she is still fascinated with textured surfaces, she often wants to plop down in the middle of the sidewalk or parking lot (or street--ack!) so she can touch it. Obviously that can be a safety issue, so we are exploring getting a handicap tag so that we can park closer to wherever we're going.
This summer we've also been working on teaching her to drink from a straw, and she's doing really well with that. No more sippy cups!
In June we took swim lessons and Lily loved them. She LOVES the water. We might take some lessons again in the fall, too.
I'll leave you with a recent picture--her hair is getting so long!
4 comments:
YAY for Lily! She just needed some warm weather to take right off...literally! What is the plan for her for Preschool? I can imagine this fall she's just going to bloom even more!
I pray she continues to be healthy and keeps blossoming!
Thanks for the update! I had been wondering how you were all doing. :-) Sounds like Lily is doing great w/ her walking! Go Lily! Jonathan is at about the same place with his walking. What a difference one year makes!
Yep, I was one of those worriers/wonderers. :) I'm so glad that all is well. She seems to be growing and changing just like a little girl should. Enjoy.
Happy Girl :)
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