A praise!

Hannah had an awesome therapy session today. She was drinking from a sippy cup, was introduced to using a straw, and was tolerating a stage 3 baby food with pieces of rice, carrots, and peas. Not only was she eating the food... she was holding the spoon and with some assistance was bringing the food to her mouth, opening her mouth and bringing her mouth and head down to get the food off the spoon. This is huge progress from taking a few bites and screaming. She ate almost the whole jar. Her OT was really impressed at what she was doing. It seems like Hannah is using her arms and hands more purposefully. She still has to overcome the excessive tone, but what she did today is a great reminder that cognitively she is aware of what she wants to do, its just hard to make her body do what she wants it to. Another example is that Hannah is starting to wave at people. When you tell her to wave she will raise her arm, which her therapists all say that any purposeful, appropriate movement to what you want her to do is a step in the right direction. Please pray that she will continue to make these steps.