A brand new day…care!

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

After some deliberation, we enrolled Brooke in a new daycare last week.  We had been discussing the prospect of finding somewhere new for awhile and would casually search the internet for other places & reviews.  Keith came across this new daycare so we decided to go ahead and check it out.  We liked what we saw and only a few hours later we were giving our deposit!

That afternoon I picked Brooke up from her current daycare a little early and we stopped by the new one to meet her new teacher and let her check it out.  In no time she was finding toys to play with and even joined in when it was time for everyone to clean up!

Today was her first day at the new daycare.   The teachers were very excited to meet the “new girl” and the teacher for the 4 year olds couldn’t get enough of her chubby cheeks!!  She was a little hesitant at first but once the cook brought breakfast to her table and put a plate in front of her, she pretty much lost interest in me!!  Yay for no tears!!

I’m excited to hear about the rest of her first day!!

Like a cool new necklace

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

When Brooke was about 2 months old we started physical therapy for a condition called torticollis.  Since then we’ve had X-rays, CT scans, visits to a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon & pediatric ophthalmologist to determine that her tort is congenital and not the result of bone abnormalities or vision issues.  The physical therapy has shown us great results but she still has a stubborn 5° tilt. 

Tilt Compare

So our next step is using a TOT collar.  Since Brooke seems to be physically able to hold her head midline, her physical therapist believes that she may hold her head tilted out of habit.  Tilted is normal to her.  Hopefully this collar will “re-train” her to keep her head midline on her own!

She was fitted for her collar yesterday and when she came out with her physical therapist, she strutted out like she had just been given the prettiest new necklace and wanted to show it off!!  No signs that it bothered her at all.  We had our first go with it at home last night and I fortunately had good results.  She ate a snack, played and hardly seemed to notice it at all.

TOT Collage

It’s hard to see my baby wearing it but I’m so relieved that she’s adjusting to it so well!

Milestone Moment – First Skinned Knee

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

Walking through the parking lot on our way to physical therapy last Thursday, Miss Brooke tripped a little and fell to her knees.  Usually she’ll hop right back up when she falls but you could tell this was more of an “owie” than normal.

Quick peek showed that she had her first skinned knee.  She was a trooper though and was happy again in no time!!

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