She calls me momma!

Charlotte finally calls me momma!!!  It is the best sound since hearing them laugh the first time.  She is so cute with it too.  She will say ‘Momma!’ and I’ll turn around and she’ll smile and then say ‘hi’.  It is so, so cute.

Chris takes the kids to My Gym every Thursday afternoon for open play time.  Charlotte has found a little friend, Annabella (I know, ironic that’s her name).  Apparently she looks for her every time they go, and then spends time playing ball with her.  This is really great progress for her because with  her behavioral delays we were concerned that she wasn’t seeking out other children (not even really Cooper) to interact or play with them.  Cooper apparently seeks out all the attractive moms and flirts with them by smiling at them and hugging them.  If Chris was single, Cooper could easily find him a date.

Charlotte’s therapy has been finalized.  She will have behavioral and occupational therapy on Monday for 2 hours.  Then she’ll have speech on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for an hour.  Then she gets another hour of occupational/behavioral therapy on Wednesdays, half of which is with either Chris or I.  She’s already made so much progress with therapy so we are looking forward to how much this additional therapy will help her.

Charlotte is now also leaving with her therapist all by herself, rather than Chris and Cooper spending 5-15 min with her.  Instead the therapist has her say goodbye and then heads off to the therapy room.  Chris said it was heartbreaking to have her reaching for him and crying, but the therapist said she only cried a bit for 30 sec and then whined a tiny bit for a few minutes.