Super Emily

After flipping out when Emily wasn't sitting up the moment she turned six months old, I've seen some dramatic improvements in her development. She has been sitting up for over three weeks now and getting better every day. She is now starting to be confident to go get stuff way out of her reach and usually ends up on her knees. We're on our way to crawling! Kelly, her physical therapist, thinks she should be crawling pretty soon and will hopefully be on time with the other kiddos.
I know that every child is different, even "typical" children, but it's still difficult to grasp the fact that Emily may struggle sometimes. So far we have been MONTHS ahead of the game when compared to other babies with Down Syndrome. I read on the chart the other day that most babies with DS don't sit up until 10 months old so the fact that she did it at 6 months is unbelievable!
My child is such a trooper! She aims for perfection and won't accept less than that. She tries very hard to do things and gets mad when she can't. But she always pulls through in the end and figures things out. I have so much admiration for her.