Weekends with Bun Bun

Bun Bun keeps her lighted musical toys in this box.  She sometimes goes in and turns them all on at the same time.  It's like a light and sound show in there.  That push toy you see on the right there... she's been walking all over the house with it.  Still too timid to let go and walk independently.  That's OK.  We already know Bun Bun has gotten her own agenda.

We were at a local zoo a couple of Saturdays ago when it was relatively warm.  Bun Bun looks a little mad in this picture.  I think it's just how the camera captured her at that split second.  She's hardly ever upset, unless she's really sleepy.

Our favorite weekend activity...

Brave Girl!

18 months, 11 days.  1-18-13

A few months ago, Baby Bunny had a routine blood test for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels.  Kids with Down Syndrome are prone to hypothryoidism - poor to no thryroid functions.  The bad news was that Baby Bunny had a borderline high TSH levels making her doctor a little nervous and thus sent us to an endocrinologist.  High TSH usually indicates hypothyrodism.

On Monday, we were finally able to see the Endocrinologist.  He made several suggestions.  Because Bun Bun's TSH levels were only borderline high, we can just keep an eye on her thyroid functions or start treating her with hormone replacements.  He had us go and get another blood test done.  So, off we went to a neighborhood diagnostic lab.  Two technicians, two sticks, lots of tears, and no blood later, we went home licking our wounds.

Today, we went to a real hospital lab to see if some more experienced technicians can get blood from a little skinny arm.  Behold!  One technician, one stick, no tears (not one drop!) later, we got a small tube of blood for analysis.  Hooray!

We'll see in a few days what resulted from it.

We've been teaching Baby Bunny sign language.  The sign of the week is doggie.  She consistently pats her leg when I say, "Doggie!"

Dancing Baby Bunny

Baby Bunny has been having tons of fun lately.  She most recently learned how to clap to the command of   拍 拍 手 (which means clap your hands in Chinese).  It's too cute not to make her do it all the time.  Baby Bunny hasn't said a word yet.  She's still babbling "ba ba ba" with no other syllables.  With her beginning to understand simple commands is a big milestone, even if she seems to understand more Chinese than English.  This video shows her dancing and clapping to her favorite TV show - "Super Why".  At the end of each show, the characters sing "Hip Hip Hooray" to celebrate them solving a super big problem after looking in a book.  She loves to dance to the song.  Maybe one day she will sing along.

Baby step

Guess who took a little step without holding onto the furniture?