Let me just lay it out for you. This is my baby..my B-A-B-Y, Finley. I don't know how else to describe her except that she is just sweet as pie. She truly is, she is always happy, so content, a great sleeper, i could count on one hand the amount of times she has cried and I don't know why.
I have people constantly stopping me in stores, and parks, and EVERYWHERE telling me what a sweetheart she is, and "what a happy baby" she is. seriously constantly (not to brag-just sayin').
Since she was born, the longest I've been away from her is 2.5 hours. She has never taken a bottle and I don't ever want her to! I never feel like I need a break from her, she goes with me EVERYWHERE, date nights are dinner for 2 + one high chair please. She is just such a joy, I am just seriously so in love with her! When she falls asleep at night, I hold her until I go to bed, she is a doll.
And this is why I am having such a hard time accepting the fact that she is struggling. I know it will probably seem ridiculous to people with babies with serious issues, and not that any baby deserves..serious issues...but for some reason it breaks my heart that Fin needs some extra help, I am seriously having a hard time with it!
Long story short at her 9 month check up we had her all checked out, everything was great..her fine motor, social, and verbal skills were all wonderful, right where they should be, and some even ahead of the game. But her gross motor skills are "delayed" uggghhh i hate word. So we have been doing physical therapy with her once a week for about 2.5 hours each session, then i work with her throughout the week. Her issues are that she is not crawling, or pulling herself up. She turned 10 months on Easter FYI.
The reason being (they think) is that she is just insanely flexible, she is always sitting in the splits! see exhibits A, B, and C below
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C
so basically, they said...her hips, legs, and back are extremely flexible and it's hard for her to pull her legs in under her tummy w/ out her hips going outward.
all of these pictures were taken in a 1 hour span, she is like that constantly. Since we've started the physical therapy she has been able to get from tummy to sitting and is showing lots of improvement in keeping her legs tucked under her tummy. I am working with her as much as I can.
She worries me, she is so polar opposite of Curren- I just never know what to expect! I just hope she keeps getting stronger and stronger and that this isn't something majorly wrong. At this age, Curren was walking in between furniture and standing while holding onto things, and had been crawling for 2 months. He also had 8 teeth..she has 1 that just popped through, he is such a wild man and she is so calm! (I am so happy she is calm SO happy) it's just hard having 2 that are so different and not knowing whats coming next. Worried mom over hurrr, maybe she'll be in the Olympics for gymnastics in 20 years, stay tuned.
