Big Up Date

Yes, it has been quite a while since I have last posted. We have had quite a few adventures since the beginning of the year. First of all, Jocelyn continues to grow like a weed. She had her 15th month well child check. She remains in the 92% in height and 85% in weight on a typical kid's growth chart. As long as she continues with her height greater than her weight, we will be heading in the right direction. She received some more shots which she did just fine. We go back in April for her 18th month check up and then will be pushed back to 24 months. Since Jocelyn is doing so well with her health and development, we are going to fore go the Down Syndrome Clinic this year. Our pediatrician is very knowledgeable in the development and health concerns that come along with down syndrome. This way, we can save a open space for another child who may benefit from it more. We are going back to the ENT in a few weeks for her check up on her tubes. It has been 8 months since her surgery and this is about the time that they may fall out. We will have to see what happens. More than likely, she will need to have them redone at some point. We also go back in March for another eye check up. We will be getting new glasses at that time as well. Big girl glasses! I will post some pictures once we get them.

Jocelyn has been able to crawl since she was about 7-8 months old but chose to army crawl most of the time. Now that she has developed more strength and coordination, she is a crawling machine. And fast too! She is still cruising along all the furniture but is becoming more brave and starting to try to stand on her own. She has stood without support a few times for a few seconds. Any day I know we will just look over and see her just walking down the hall.

We have been pretty lucky this winter in the fact that Jocelyn has not been sick much. She has had her occasional colds but nothing too serious. Most of her problems have been with the giant molars and other teeth that are popping through. She has had a few fevers and cranky days. Hopefully now that a few have broken through, the rest won't be so bad.

We are continuing to work with our therapist weekly. She sees a PT weekly for the month of February while our OT is out on vacation. We are still working with our Speech therapist every other week. Jocelyn is making great strides in her speech therapy. She can point to dog, ball, and baby. She is now saying "uh oh" which is so adorable. She understands the context of the word so she sometimes intentionally throws things off her high chair just to say "uh oh." It is really amazing how much progress she makes every week. There is always some new to tell her therapist. It is hard to believe that she is already 16 months old.