Can you believe how fast time flies? In a few months, Cerise will be a year old already.She is growing fast and bigger. During her pedia check up yesterday, she gained 1 kilo from last month! So she is now 6.7 kilos! Wow! Her pedia says she is catching up with her contemporaries which is very good.The other day, we went to see Dr. Cindy Llego, a developmental pediatrician to assess her development. As expected, Cerise is behind in locomotor and eye and hand coordination. But she is of age at language and social skills. I guess it helps that we constantly talk and sing and read to her. :-)
Other findings of the doctor:
- with meaningful eye contact and appropriate emotional reactions
- good joint attention; looks at things presented
- able to hold head up in all positions; still with unstable truncal balance
- able to hold small toys and bang them
- heard to speak different vocalizations
She recommends that we start physical therapy 2 to 3 times a week for improvement of truncal balance, tone and overall coordination. There's a pedia physical therapist whom she recommended to see. Cerise has an evaluation for tomorrow morning.
The doctor also encourages to continue language and cognitive stimulation at home by talking to her about what she is doing and letting her hold different objects and tell her about them. She says to also bring her to different areas of the house.
I am glad that we are trying to address these aspects now as these will help in her overall development. Next in line is to see the pedia cardio again for follow up check up adn the dreaded blood examination again to check thyroid and liver levels. Still praying that these will normalize soon.
Glad Cerise gained weight. Will pray that all goes well with her other tests. kisses to the cutie!!!
ReplyDeleteJust noticed that I didn't thank you for your comment, Tita Steffi! Thanks so much! She has improved a lot. That would need another blog post. :-)
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