Thursday, June 18, 2009

Mini update and some more pictures :)

So I couldn't resist posting some more cute pics of Miss Peanut! Here she is just after eating and playing with a cool toy borrowed from a great friend--thanks Kerry(and Lilly).

I managed to get Peanut to smile while petting Sebastian. She just loves him and her loves her. He is so patient since she isn't the gentlest of petters. As you can see Badger moved as far away as possible. We don't push it with him. We let him dictate what he can handle from her.

Ok--guilty took a picture of her sleeping because it is just too cute. No worries though she didn't even flinch and I took 3 pictures with flash. :)


As for the mini update, we have an appointment for Peanut on July 2nd at the Feeding Clinic. The therapist is staying late so she can see her. We are so grateful. That said we adjusted Peanut's feeding schedule and things have been better. She still coughs but using the Playtex bottles with the drop in liners has really helped. At this point we are still concerned about her coughing so we are going to go through with the appointment just to make sure. It could be she is just bored with the bottle, not coordinated enough, drooling too much because of teething or an attention getter. Those are still on the table as possibilities.

Additionally, did you notice how well Miss Peanut was sitting on the couch next to the dogs??? We think she is getting closer and closer to sitting up. She will sit up by herself on the couch, her changing table and with her back up against something for a little while. She has started to use her hands to maintain balance and adjust herself when she starts to tip over. Not always but sometimes. Big improvement! I even got her to lay on her side and roll over to her stomach today. We did it twice. Usually she throws a fit when you put her on her side. I stopped after twice since that went so well. The Birth to 3 therapist suggested we do this so we try a few times throughout the day when she is in a good mood.

So things are going well right now with the food issues and Peanut is just such a joy. We love her more and more every day.

2 comments:

Adopting1Soon said...

The pugs are cute with her. You might want to take a "Dogs and Storks" class at a local vet, like I did. There were a lot of things I never even thought of (and I have 3 canines so you'd think I would have thought of everything!) Here are some pointers

http://ethiopian-adoption-journey.blogspot.com/2009/06/dogs-and-storks-class-pointers.html

Main point: allow the dogs (as you said) to have a private space, and teach "gentle touch" petting and soon as the baby arrives and starts reaching.

Leah said...

The pugs and the baby....how do you keep yourself focused...they are SOOOOOOSO cute together!!!!!