[tri-med] smiles - Irene

Irene,

Have been meaning to say I am so glad that Caroline's surgery went 
well. I hope this is going to mean an improvement in hers as well as 
YOUR quality of life.

Tierney has been a smiler since 3 months. We had to work really hard 
for those early smiles. The first occurred in church, with lots of loud 
music and her brothers goofing with her. It was a beautiful gummy smile 
with a wrinkled up nose, loved it. For several months we had to really 
work for smiles, now she will smile at a smile, we love that.

I have told this to the list before but again...for Tierney, the smiles 
come when her brothers wrestle with her. Honestly if they roll around 
on the floor, hold her legs and pretend she is running, use her fists 
to punch themselves in the face--anything like that she will smile and 
sometimes laugh. The PT  and I are always really cautious about it, but 
our OT says "bring it on!" We now consider their holding her a part of 
her daily therapy. I support her head so much, she does not even try to 
hold it up. If the boys lay on the floor with her, she pops her head up 
like a turtle and smiles. I love it.

Hang in there...it will come.

Mimi (wife to Doug, Mommy to Reilly 8, Keegan 6 and Tierney T18 8 
months)
Chicago

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