Hannah Appointments and “Eating”

6 Months

Since we didn’t have Hannah’s surgery, we scheduled a Help Me Grow consultation and a Feeding Therapy consultation. 

Our speech therapist thought Hannah looked great - everyone always comments on how great her coloring is - I guess a lot of heart babies may seem paler or blueish?? Now that Hannah is 6 months old, they want to get her attempting solids. As you all know, Hannah takes nothing by way of mouth. I give her a few dribbles of milk just so she remembers that’s how she ought to be eating. 

We put Hannah in a highchair, reclined a bit with support behind her arms and head - this way she isn’t working so hard with her heart and can try and focus on the food. She kind of moved it around a bit in her mouth and I think she swallowed some. We’re trying just the flavorful stuff - no cereal. 

It’s been going okay - she basically just blows raspberries when I put food in so I can’t tell if she’s actually eating any!

The speech therapist also commented on all the coos and raspberries Hannah made - great steps towards speaking!

On Thursday we had her Help Me Grow team at the house. The physical therapist thought Hannah had great head control, her posture is very good with supported sitting. Hannah does favor looking/rolling to the left, so we need to get her focused on the right side. We’ll keep up the supported sitting - our next goal for her is sitting on her own at 1-year - we’ll see!

Also - her smiles are finally coming out! It’s been agonizing since typical babies smile at around 2-3months. I was starting to worry - but this past week has been plentiful with our sweetie’s grins!

Prune lipstick!