Last Wednesday the Family Service Coordinator from Infant/Toddler Services came back and brought the woman who will be Lizzie's therapist. She is an occupational therapist but will work on a variety of things with Lizzie. They went over the plan of service (very similar to an IEP, for those of you in education) and we set a tentative schedule for the therapist to come work with Lizzie. She'll be here again to see Lizzie next week and then she'll come about once a month. She can come more often if we discover that Lizzie needs more time with her. Right now she will plan to work on things like rolling from back to front and sitting up.
Later that same day we had Lizzie's 6-month checkup with her pediatrician. Not a lot to report from that appointment; just that Dr. C said she's looking good. She was 13 lb 2 oz, so she's still gaining weight pretty well. We'll just keep doing what we're doing!
Lizzie will see Dr. K, the neurologist, in mid-January. It's hard to wait for those appointments. I'm hoping they will have more information for us when we go. We did get some good news--they are moving the Epilepsy Clinic to Children's Mercy South, which is much closer to where we live. It will save us from driving downtown, which can be a real mess during the morning rush hour.
Lizzie is now eating rice cereal and LOVES it. She opens her mouth like a baby bird every time she sees the spoon coming her way. I'll try oatmeal with her next, but I'm sure she'll be equally enthusiastic about that.
We are busy getting ready for Christmas around here. Most of my shopping is finished, but now I need to start wrapping. All four of the girls were in the Christmas program at church on Sunday. We had a star, an angel, Mary, and baby Jesus. Winter break starts next Wednesday the 21st and I'm looking forward to the time away from work. Merry Christmas!
