What Mya's been up to

Mya is doing so many new things I just can't believe it! She's more than mastered crawling. I mean man she is speedy! We've had to install all the fun safety stuff like cabinet and drawer locks, outlet covers, and pads for the hard sharp corners. We've also had to put up a gate at the bottom of the stairs. One of her favorite things to do is climb stairs and she is pretty good at it too. If you look away for 5 seconds she's already halfway up the stairs. She's still trying to figure out how to go back down the stairs. Her perferred method seems to be head first but we're working on that.

Mya is also standing up on her own for long periods of time. She has attempted a few times to take a step but thus far has fallen every time. But she's practicing and I'm sure walking isn't too far in the future for her.

As far as talking goes, no words yet. Just a lot of babbling and yelling. Her genetics doctor, Dr. Rope, told us that babies with DiGeorge syndrome don't tend to talk for a long time. He wouldn't be surprised if she didn't really start talking until about the age of 4. Researchers really aren't sure why this is. They understand just fine but verbal skills tend to develop later. Dr. Rope did say that sign language is a wonderful alternative for her until she starts talking. They seem to have little trouble picking up sign language, so we are currently working on signing with Mya.

Because Mya gets diaper rashes and yeast infections so often, we decided to bring out the potty a couple of months ago so she's familiar with it when she's ready to be potty trained. I have been putting her on the potty every morning when she wakes up, after every nap, right before she goes to bed, and any time she gives me her potty cues. We have about a 50% success rate right now which really isn't that bad. When she goes to the bathroom in her potty, we cheer her on. But when she doesn't, no big deal, no pressure. And her diaper rashes are getting less and less severe and the yeast infections are few now. She hasn't had one for over a month!

Sorry it's taken so long to update. Hope you enjoy the pictures!