I have a couple of posts I need to get down, so I'll roll this one out for now. My birthday post will have to wait.
Last Wednesday, Ryan and I took Sweet Girl to get her hearing checked and then over to another building to be evaluated for eligibility for an early intervention program here in Kentucky called First Steps. We have been working through the steps to receive eligibility and this was one of the big steps. Her hearing checked out wonderfully. During her physical evaluation, A mostly just "played" with a woman with First Steps who was assessing her motor skills, language, cognitive skills,self help skills, and social-emotional skills. We have known since the day A Bear came home, that she was developmentally delayed, but we wanted to wait a few months to see how she would/wouldn't catch up. While she has definitely grown and developed, the delays have become much easier to see as most babies her age are usually crawling around like crazy, but our sweet girl still is not sitting up on her own, pushing up on her hands while on her belly, or manipulating toys very well.
While I try not to compare our girly to other kiddos her age, it's hard not to, especially when friends around you have babies the same age (or younger) doing things that A seems to be nowhere near accomplishing. I do know that every little one is different, so I don't want to take her "test results" too rigidly. I also realize the standards for "normal" are based off of full term babies in America, not severely malnourished babies from another country with a history of neurological problems.
Thursday morning, we got a call with the results. Her motor skills were very low. Her cognitive, language, and self help skills were "borderline". Her social-emotional skills were average, which thrilled me, and may as well have been genius level in my book! We were told that they still need to look over medical history, but that she definitely needs further assistance, so I'm pretty positive she will be eligible for services. Now we just wait to set up a meeting to discuss her "plan" and go from there with the therapies she will need.
I'm so thrilled that A has access to these types of services, and I know she will grow up into the lady that God has for her to grow into, but I'm a little anxious at times to get going! I want to see my girly sit and play and crawl and WALK soon. I know it will be later than most of her friends around her, but it will be when it will be, and I will just enjoy the extra snuggly time with my girly. I will certainly cherish her smallest milestones much more than if I were just expecting them to happen. Like the time I cried the first time she moved a toy on her excersaucer purposefully.
Use our girly for Your glory, Lord!
Last Wednesday, Ryan and I took Sweet Girl to get her hearing checked and then over to another building to be evaluated for eligibility for an early intervention program here in Kentucky called First Steps. We have been working through the steps to receive eligibility and this was one of the big steps. Her hearing checked out wonderfully. During her physical evaluation, A mostly just "played" with a woman with First Steps who was assessing her motor skills, language, cognitive skills,self help skills, and social-emotional skills. We have known since the day A Bear came home, that she was developmentally delayed, but we wanted to wait a few months to see how she would/wouldn't catch up. While she has definitely grown and developed, the delays have become much easier to see as most babies her age are usually crawling around like crazy, but our sweet girl still is not sitting up on her own, pushing up on her hands while on her belly, or manipulating toys very well.
While I try not to compare our girly to other kiddos her age, it's hard not to, especially when friends around you have babies the same age (or younger) doing things that A seems to be nowhere near accomplishing. I do know that every little one is different, so I don't want to take her "test results" too rigidly. I also realize the standards for "normal" are based off of full term babies in America, not severely malnourished babies from another country with a history of neurological problems.
Thursday morning, we got a call with the results. Her motor skills were very low. Her cognitive, language, and self help skills were "borderline". Her social-emotional skills were average, which thrilled me, and may as well have been genius level in my book! We were told that they still need to look over medical history, but that she definitely needs further assistance, so I'm pretty positive she will be eligible for services. Now we just wait to set up a meeting to discuss her "plan" and go from there with the therapies she will need.
I'm so thrilled that A has access to these types of services, and I know she will grow up into the lady that God has for her to grow into, but I'm a little anxious at times to get going! I want to see my girly sit and play and crawl and WALK soon. I know it will be later than most of her friends around her, but it will be when it will be, and I will just enjoy the extra snuggly time with my girly. I will certainly cherish her smallest milestones much more than if I were just expecting them to happen. Like the time I cried the first time she moved a toy on her excersaucer purposefully.
Use our girly for Your glory, Lord!
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