[tri-med] Re: still not smiling???

I don't remember when Elanor first smiled--the first 2 years are kind of
a blur!  I do know that she is a really big stinker!  Like Chris's Mari,
Elanor does all kind of things until I brag about her, then she looks
awful--head lolling, eyes crossed, coughing and drooling.  She really
has a naughty sense of humor!

Elanor never smiles when she is feeling poor, or when we have "done"
something to her (surgery, flu shot, etc.).  She rarely responds to just
a smile, usually it takes talking or tickling to get one, but then she
gives them freely.  I think it just takes our kids some time to realize
what smiling means, and that it makes their mommies so happy!

As for laughing, Elanor really loves noisy toys.  Anything that rattles
vibrates or bangs.  I think that the loud sounds and vibrations tickle
her.  She has mild hearing loss, so I'm not sure how she hears them, but
her favorite is a piano that "pops" with little balls and music, and
blocks in a bucket.  Maybe some stimulating toys could "prime the pump".
Just remember, smiles or no, she loves you! :)

Jennifer, mom to Elanor-4!, full T18; and Arwen-6; caregiver to Joe-25
cerebral palsy & spastic dysplasia; wife to Andrew-32 and wonderful! 
Boise, Idaho USA


-----Original Message-----
From: tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Janet Leigh King
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:27 PM
To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tri-med] Re: still not smiling???

At 09:34 AM 1/29/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>   OK, I have MORE questions for you all!  My Caroline is still not 
> smiling at 7 months.  Now granted, she has really had a hard time over

> her 7 months and has had only very few periods of time of actually 
> feeling OK, but I thought we'd see some smiles by now!  She did seem
to 
> start to smile at about 5 months, and I had other people agree she was

> smiling, but she then started not to feel good again and that was the
end 
> of the smiling attempts.
Irene,

Hannah will be 9 months on the 6th and she has yet to smile. She also 
doesn't respond to her own name. I figure she will get there when she is

ready. But mom is ready now! ;)


Janet and Donnell King
Parents of Hannah Emily - 5-6-03 - Trisomy 14 Mosaic Partial
Also Amanda, Jon, Zach and Caty, who are just as special.

for updates on the family, including news on Hannah Emily, go to 
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(latest update January 24th)  

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