I always heard stories that kids don't sleep well when they are learning a new physical skill. I guess Eli went through this, maybe, for a couple of hours 1 night a long, long time ago. So yeah, I don't really remember.
Since Hannah is approaching 16 months and delayed physically I kind of thought we skipped the sleeping issues due to skill learning. Wrong. Last night she woke sitting in her bed, trying to pull up on the railing and very awake. Yes, the bed will be lowered before bedtime tonight.
I'm really so proud of her and she's proud of herself. She is the child that really wants to move, she wants to get up, see, follow the big kids, etc. But many times her body will not allow it.
We still have to put her in the infant room at church because she's not walking, which she hates, and I get called out about every other week because she's so unhappy. One week I went back and they had her in a swing, so yes she has graduated from the infant room, but there's just no other place to put her.
Her major mode of transportation is rolling right now and she has perfected it to a tee. She will roll from the living room to the kitchen, down the hall, into her room, Eli's room and everywhere else. And she's gotten really, really fast. Of course she doesn't realize that it would be faster and easier if she crawled, but her left side just won't allow it. We have been told once she's walking we can do things to help strengthen that left hand and arm, but at this time crawling just isn't happening. Her brain cannot figure it out. So, she rolls.
I'm sure I will look back on the rolling days with fondness in the not so distant future, but now I just want it to be easier for her. I guess that will never change.
Whatever you do,
work at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord.
Colossians 3:23
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