Hi

My gorgeous niece had a similar rough start in Nov 06. Traumatic birth, Agpar of 1, resuscitation, medivac-ed to Mercy Hospital in Melbourne when she was only a few hours old, life support, seizures in first few days, MRI showing extensive damage. We were prepared that she might not survive the life support being turned off. Our little fighter had other ideas.

She too has been diagnosed with CP, and is absolutely gorgeous. She is now crawling and able to pull herself up on the couch. It took her quite awhile to work out how the sitting thing works, but since then has been increasing her skills at an amazing rate.

That's great that Kassidy is eating puree solids. Our little one takes all food orally, but still needs thickening for milk bc her reflex is not quite strong enough. She is getting there though. "Mum", that has to be the sweetest sound to your ears.

I was at my niece's birth, and know the angst of silence when a baby is born. Her first cry when she was 10 days old was music to our ears!

There is a book that i really like (despite the title) called "What to do with your Brain Injured Child" by Glenn Doman. It talks about the importance of getting rolling and crawling down pat before walking. You can order it from Amazon if your bookshop can't order it in.

take care,

kate