Progress to report

So much has happened in just a couple of days. S is using all of our names, even Mommy!!!!! Today she spontaneously called out Grandma when she spotted her. When we came in the door today from being out, she said hi to the dog using her name. I had to go to WalMart yesterday and she would only sit in the cart for a few minutes. When she got out, I told her she had to hold my hand. She will NEVER hold my hand. She protested, but I told her she had to hold my hand or get back in the cart. She held my hand the entire time. I can't tell you how happy it made me to be able to walk through a store holding her adorable little hand. Today at OT, she actually played with the moon sand. Until now, she never touched it, she hated the feel of it. Yesterday at school, she actually put one of the dollhouse people in a bed. She has never played with the people before. She ate an Oreo for the first time yesterday at school. They mixed crushed oreos and vanilla pudding. I kept them separate because I knew she would never try them together. She doesn't eat anything soft. She was really hungry, so she just grabbed a piece of oreo and put it in her mouth. I dipped a little in the pudding, and she still ate it. She wouldn't eat it when there was too much pudidng on it, but just the fact that she ate it at all was pretty huge. We are really gaining a lot of momentum, I want to keep it going. She is saying more words than I can count. There are a few sounds she can't make, but for the most part, her words are really clear. Today, she also pointed to some pictures on the wall at OT. The student intern was saying the word to what she was pointing to and then S pointed to another picture on the wall and said, "Cookie" at the picture of the cookie. I'm not sure if it's her confidence that is making her respond, or something has just matured, allowing her to express herself the way we want her to. The kids in her school class don't do much talking, so she isn't doing it because she sees and hears them. I would love to have her with older children, but unfortunately, they don't allow mommies with the older children. I wish there was a facility that allowed that. Yesterday she got hurt by another child and she was just sitting there protecting herself from further harm. She only cries when it really hurts. I saw that she was waiting to be rescued, and I was glad I was there. That's part of the reason why I will only let her go where I can be with her. Unfortunately, there are so few people familiar with the dynamics of attachment, they don't understand the need for me to be there. That's all for today.