Blogging the life of a little girl with a rare chromosome 2q24.3q32.1 deletion
Friday I got a video message from Brian while I was working from my company's Tartu office, "Hey, I'm gonna try to capture this. She's doin' something weird -- like you almost just saw it there for a second. Like she's trying to bite her fingers and then just starts shaking." I watched the video of this new thing happening with Eloise and my stomach dropped. Something was wrong. Very very wrong.
I swear I remember reading long ago that parents were supposed to look forward to a golden period -- a few months after your baby was born but before they learned to crawl. Because your baby would laugh and smile and coo but weren't yet at a place where they were mobile and constantly destroyed your house. Well, I think we’ve finally made it to that golden period in Eloise’s life. And there are so many things to celebrate in its midst.
These last few weeks, something magic seems to be happening. It's like Eloise has suddenly realized there is a world beyond her and she wants to explore it. She's reaching for things, transferring objects from one hand to another, exploring textures and lights and environments.
Eloise The Tiny Fighter 