Wende and I feel strongly that Anna not be known as the "sick" child. She is a fun and particularly joyful little child. With the five children, our house is "high-energy" and she is the cause of so much joy and delight in it. As I type this, Anna is sitting up in her bouncy seat talking to her 5 year old brother-- who is delicately listening to Anna's heart with his stethescope. He is reporting to me that her heart sounds good.
Here are some observations from Wende:
-Anna likes to do a full body stretch while I am changing her first diaper after getting
her out of her bed in the morning. Her legs go straight out as far as they will go.
- Grandma Foht has declared that she has the “Foht smile”- because her upper lip
disappears when she flashes you her cute little smile.
- We were told by the pediatrician to give her more “tummy time” to strengthen her
upper body.
- She actually responds to “sshhh” when you are trying to sooth her.
- She attempts to hold her bottle and the nebulizer.
- She displayed some “stranger anxiety” when a friend came over for a visit.
- She had her first conversation on the phone with her dad.
- While on the diaper table she usually puts both feet straight up in the air.
- Everyday she soils one or two outfits that I end up scrubbing in my sink.
- Her eyes follow her mommy everywhere.
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