As if in answer to Etan’s last entry, Ella has made tons of progress in the last week. She is really walking now. I mean I only support her arms. I can’t believe how fast she’s made this progress. One can see the difference by the day. Also, despite her seeming to have regressed in speech and vocalization, I think that cognitively she has made progress too. She is much more attentive. For example, when having a story read to her. She gets it right away, or at least appears to understand something about the story. Barbara, her vision therapist was also pleasantly surprised today when Ella was able to put small balls on a track toy that she was never quite able to do before. She’s more energetic and every day, Beth tells me that she uses the toilet. I never seem to hit the right time for a poop but when we put her on the potty in the morning she at least pees.
Ella has been going to playgroup by herself. A minivan comes and picks her up. Etan and I joke. We ask her when she gets back, “So, how was college?”. Usually she tries to answer us. A high pitched sing-song comes out. I’m feeling more optimistic about her development than I have in months.