This week, we are up in Cape Cod, Massachusetts visiting my grandparents. Maggie is having a wonderful time so far. Above is her second day on the Cape- at Skaket Beach. You can tell by the look on her face that she isn't exactly happy about the sand. We think that she thinks it's "dirty", as every time any part of her body comes in contact with it, she wrinkles her nose, shakes said body part, and looks at us like "Get it off. Get it OFF. NO REALLY, GET IT OFF!" Sadly, no sandcastles for Magoo this year!
Maggie has been doing a little better with her feeding these last couple of weeks. She is now taking about a tablespoon or so of baby food, about an ounce and a half from the bottle, and is exploring alot of new textures with table food. Just last night, I broke up some of those Gerber puffs into small pieces for her. Maggie put some in her mouth, made chewing motions with her jaw, and actually swallowed a couple! This was HUGE. Anyone who has experienced a kid with an oral aversion knows that I am NOT exaggerating when I say that I have NEVER seen Maggie chew ANYTHING in her life. It was really encouraging. She does tend to gag a little more on the puffs if it gets caught in the back of her throat, so that has limited her desire to eat them, but it's wonderful to see her so interested in a food (as much as a puff can count as food), self guide it to her mouth, chew and swallow! It is painfully slow progress, but progress nonetheless.
We expect the good weather up here to continue for most of our week. On Friday night, the whole family is taking Maggie to Chatham, to experience her first Chatham Band Concert. Every Friday night during the summer, the Chatham Town Band gives a concert. They wear old fashioned red band uniforms with big hats, and the conductor wears white. They do a whole "dance" section for the kids, complete with the Bunny Hop and a sing along. It is a family tradition of ours since my childhood to go to the Chatham Band Concert every Friday night, and it's one of the things I have dreamed about for Maggie since she was born.
Speaking of NICU time, Maggie will celebrate her one year "home birthday". We brought her home from the hospital a year ago this Thursday the 13th. We plan to get a cake and really celebrate! This day is just as important as her birthday; to me, it's the day she "officially" became ours.
I'll post some pictures when we return home next week. Thanks for checking in on our girl.
~Sara
5 hours ago
2 comments:
Love the beach pic! When we took B all she wanted to do was eat the sand...go figure. I wanted to tell you how your taste in clothes is just phenomenal...I just got about 4 items in the same line!!!! Can you believe it's almost been a year since we've brought our miracles home? Our anniversary is the 19th of this month too.
Glad to hear she's doing well and you seem happy. Awesome news! *hugs*
sara- if you have my email, can you email me. I have a question. I am glad you are having a good time on vacation. Celia wasn't a fan of the ocean water, liked the sand, but she would turn around it run away from the water.
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