[blparent] Michael update

[sharon howerton]

Leslie, congrats to all of you!
Sharon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 5:32 PM
Subject: [blparent] Michael update


> Hi all.  It's been a while since I've posted but I wanted to let everyone
> know the latest on Michael.  First, this past Wednesday, Michael started 
> to
> stand up, with support, of course. My aunt was holding him and all of a
> sudden, I heard her say he was standing.  Yesterday, Michael said mama for
> the first time.  And today, he started rice cereal.  He didn't fight me or
> turn away from the spoon but I think he didn't know what to do once the
> spoon was in his mouth.  I suppose that's normal. I always heard that at
> that first feeding, you'd get a lot more on him than in his stomach and
> that's exactly what happened. In fact, he was such a mess that I just
> decided to give him a bath.  He didn't turn his head away until he decided
> he'd had enough cereal.  Michael's sure had a busy week!
>
> Leslie
>
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