Week 2 at Home

I have to admit that week 2 was considerably better than week 1. Over Labor Day Weekend, we turned a corner with Lia's sleep/jet lag issues, and have pretty much been sleeping thru the night since. She no longer needs to be physically touching me when she falls asleep at night in her bed, as long as I am in the room with her, she can fall asleep on her own. I am still sleeping on an air mattress next to her twin mattress on her bedroom floor. I'm sure if my chiropractor is reading this, he is grinning from ear to ear knowing that he has job security for a long time to come...  :)

Lia still has no interest in taking a nap during the day. Some days she will literally fall asleep on the living room floor or sofa while she is playing, but if we try for a "scheduled" nap - it is not happening. However, if we put her in her carseat for even a 3 minute drive to the grocery store, she is out like a light!

We've seen a lot of progress between her and our yorkie, Killer. She pets him now, and interacts with him. She is still leery of our mini schnauzer, Luna (who is closer to her size!)...she will tolerate Luna being in the room for short periods of time, but does not like to be on the floor at the same time as Luna. But still, we've made amazing progress in two weeks considering that just the sound of a dog in another room would send her into shrieking, terrorized fits the first few days...

Yesterday we met with the cleft team coordinator for our area. We discussed nutrition, potential surgery schedules and preferred doctors and specialists. Lia will have her first appointment next Friday with our family doctor, who will then give us a referral to the ENT. At the ENT appointment we will figure out much more about the "plan of attack" in terms of her future surgeries, etc.  In the meantime, the cleft team coordinator instructed us to "fatten her up". While her head circumferance and height are on target with other girls her age, her weight is still pretty low for her height, so we will be feeding her extra calories and fats in the coming months to help her gain weight. Hopefully Steve and I won't gain weight with her!

This week also brought several gift from friends...which Lia had a blast opening up and checking out:

Her first American Girl doll, Bitty Baby, from our friends

Beth & Peggy, and their daughter Piper - she loves it and pats it's back.

Several hip new fall outfits from Steve's cousin Alicia in Iowa...

Lia held each one up - ooohing and aaaahing over each piece - so cute!

A Spinning Ladybug Top from our friends Ron & Betsy, and their son Jaryn.

Until today she was having us "make it spin" for her, but today she figured it out on her own!