finger foods for toddlersRobin – 16 months (and a week)

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Robin – 16 months (and a week)

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Let’s start the year with a proper resolution: more updates!

Robin’s last update was at 11 months. Although, at 14 months I did post a show-off video on Vimeo.

The past five months have mainly been about progress. Our last neurologist visit was in August, which was a very upbeat event. We agreed with him that the physiotherapy visits would be increased to weekly for a month or 3-4, to see if that would improve physical progress. Also, at that time, Robin was still on 6-month food. To make sure there was nothing wrong with her ability to chew or swallow, we organised a visit of a pre-speech therapist (pre-logopedist). She concluded that all was fine, and indeed, quickly after that Robin started to eat small pieces of bread by herself. Currently, she has a healthy appetite for all sorts of things, although she still prefers things mashed or in very small pieces. I guess we have spoiled her…

The physiotherapy has been reduced again to a check-up every six weeks. Progress has been good, although the physical bit is still where Robin lags the most. Standing and walking is something she can only do with a firm grip on something solid, preferably with both hands. It’s all about balance. She is doing lot’s of climbing, also up the stairs. Robin has found her own way of sliding backward off the couch and bed, which is very funny to see. Very comforting also how she figured it all out by herself.

Looking forward, we definitely expect her to eventually walk. According to the physiotherapist, most children under two who are able to sit on the side of a chair, with both legs hanging down, and maintaining balance for at least 10 seconds, will eventually walk. Robin is fine doing that.

Besides her balance, she is also lagging when it comes to the finer movements. The quality and control of her movements is less than normal. Twisting and turning the knobs and levers of her toys is difficult. Since recently she is pointing things out with one finger, and picking up small beads is working, but still a challenge.

On the mental and emotional side we are also very optimistic, maybe even more than on the physical side. Robin understands many things we say to her, like ‘Where’s Tijn?’ , ‘Where’s your belly?’, etc. Singing a song or hearing music will usually trigger a little dance (nothing more than rocking more left to right, but still). And she is very adventurous, crawling the entire house, looking for stuff to grab, open or lick. It took her just a few days before she was throwing her pacifier (speen) back in bed after a nap, upon our request. She now associates pacifier with bed, making the start of a nap also must easier. Robin is also slowly expanding her vocabulary. ‘Mama’, ‘Nijntje’ (miffi) and ‘that’ (die) are used commonly to get what she wants. We’re practising new words all the time of course.

Emotionally, she is simply a very happy baby, laughing a lot. After a day at daycare, we’re always welcomed with much enthusiasm. And beware if we don’t give her attention first! Tijn can clearly get lost. All the reactions she has to us, certain situations, as well as other people, are no different from the other two.

In October we took her to the orthoptrist. That’s a weird kind of eye-doctor who looks at the position and movements of the eyes. Robin’s eyes were sometimes going out of sync, and moving their own way. The orthoptrist had a good look, and also tested her vision. No action was necessary. The unsynced eye movements have now disappeared. Vision was measured at par (no deviation), but for a young child that is not the best result. Children are normally a little myopic (bijziend) , and as they grow older, that disappears. Because Robin is already at par, she is likely to become a little hyperopic (verziend). Not something we worry about though (how many people with glasses do you know?).

The challenges she faces are still many of course. While progress up to now has been more than remarkable, there is a lot to come. Full speech, walking, and improved fine motoric skills are what is most on our minds right now. But after that will come reading, writing, calculating. You know, all those things other kids can also do.

Should we be happy with how she is so far? Sure, and we are. Reading back the stories we posted after she was born, in 2007, it seemed almost surreal, and sometimes we even feel a bit guilty. Of course, no-one knew what was going to happen, and the internet-stories were not pleasant at all. CMV is so rare and the brain so complicated that predictions were (and are) not easy to make. We still have the deafness, with no sign of it now, but it remains a risk until she is appr. 6 years old. Also, the neurologist was clear in the beginning about the cysts: they will mean something, just don’t know what. Given her mental and emotional state, we’re wondering if it will mean just physical issues…

While pessimism ruled after she was born, optimism is now the way to go. Even the neurologist used some superlatives back in August. Still, taking it one day at a time, and enjoying our happy little toddler as we go along, is still the best way forward.

So, see you tomorrow.

P.S.: In August 2008, we put up www.cmvinfectie.nl, a Dutch information site about CMV. I’m translating it back to English, hopefully by the end of January.

P.P.S.: yes, that’s a healthy mix of rice and broccoli in her hair and a yoghurt mask for her lips

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Joe polishing off the last of a plate of noodles. Admittedly he ate most with his fingers rather than chopsticks but he gave them a good go.

I feel like we’re through the weaning phase. I no longer have to think too hard about what J’s going to eat if we go away, I just assume there’ll be food and therefore he can eat it; I’ve stopped agonizing over salt or sugar content; I’ve learnt that if he barely eats one day, he’ll probably make up for it the next; and I convinced myself that it’s ok for 90% of his veg intake to come from peas and sweetcorn. I know we’re probably in a golden period before proper toddler fussiness kicks in, but these days he’ll give most things a try.

I loved baby led weaning. But looking back I’m not sure I see what the fuss was about. It suited us because I’m too lazy for pureeing and I like the ‘leave it to them’ attitude, but I don’t think it makes a massive difference how you go about it really. You either get an eater, or you don’t. Rather like walking…

J has now officially taken his first steps. He’s up to 10ish, though will only stand or walk in the evenings and mostly only when holding his toy brush in one hand and a phone in the other – rather like Freddie Mercury in the I Want To Break Free video.

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