Last week I let Gigi grow up. I stopped holding her back. I wasn’t holding her back consciously but I may have been subconsciously. It’s not just me, it’s the whole family. We do a lot for her, we always have. We love her. She starts to crawl to something we pick her up and … More Letting Go and Letting Her Grow
“Baba baba baba?” Gigi says as she excitedly makes her way toward me with her hurried crab-like crawl. Since Gigi can’t pronounce “m” she calls me “Baba”. She has blossomed and progressed so much this summer. Cruising and pulling up on all kinds of furniture, she’s not afraid anymore. Climbing stairs and standing up on … More Alternative Therapy
Gigi is two and a half and is not yet walking. Two and a half and still carried from here to there. Still carried up the stairs every night to bed. Still lifted in and out of the car seat. It’s getting hard to carry her 24 pounds of low muscle tone. About a month … More Delayed Milestones Hurt, But They Won’t Get Us Down
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