toddler

we officially OFFICIALLY have a toddler on our hands.  at 15 months haze took 3 slow and controlled steps on her own and then decided not to do that again for a few weeks.  over the next month we sat further and further apart trying to get her to go back in forth between us b/c this was the only way she would do it.  she wasnt doing it on her own.  at 16 months she would make it pretty far between us.  and just the past few weeks she has started doing it without us telling her to stand up and walk.  ill turn around and see her determined to make it from the chair to the couch all on her own.  its really cute.  most of the time she still prefers to hold on to a finger when walking.  i think b/c she can go faster (and of course helps with balance)!!  i finally feel at ease more with our decisions not to do further testing.  we know she will always have low tone and have little struggles but not that anyone will be able to notice.  im hoping that is all it is and nothing else comes to surface over the next few years.  im ready to put therapy and neurologists in the past!!  buuut shes not out of therapy just yet.  we usually go once a month but since she made great progress this last month she doesnt have to go back for 2-3 months!  in the 1st year of life they have so many physical milestones and now that she is walking (well at least 50% of the time) we are just working on strengthening.  we started therapy 1 year ago and she said we would see her until hazel walked but we didn't know she had low tone at this point.  now im not sure when therapy ends?  maybe after climbing? jumping?

and she officially starts in the toddler room at daycare this week!  im so thrilled!  it will be great for her in so many ways!  its crazy how fast time is going by with my 'baby'.  she's such a sweetheart and makes life wonderful!  happy easter!