2010 February « Pete n laurie's Blog

The Ruth Review #1: Phirst Phamily Photo!

Posted in Uncategorized by petenlaurie on February 6, 2010

Well it’s been a month since we updated our blog – how time flies when you are having fun!

And are we ever having fun with our Ruthie – she is an amazing child, bringing much joy to everyone she meets.

Ruthie had a complete check up with a paediatric cardiologist, including an ECG, heart ultra sound, and chest xray – the Dr gave her a clean bill of health – absolutely no problems with her heart (it is very common for babies with Down Syndrome to have heart problems, ie holes in their hearts) We are so thankful for this news!

Ruthie continues to gain weight and eats her fruits, cereal, veggies and meat (mostly pureed) with gusto! She drinks for her sippy cup more than her bottle these days. Ruth loves to clap her hands as we sing to her and stand on her little feet with our help. She is not quite sitting up by herself yet, but definitely getting better muscle strength in her back and neck.

One of Ruthie’s favourite things to do is video chat with her Grandma, Grandpa, Aunties and cousins on Skype – she recognizes her cousin Leilani (who is in Australia doing a DTS) and Grandma and Grandpa. We miss them so much!

A physiotherapist came to the house to assess Ruthie – she was quite impressed with our girl, and has given us helpful tips to help us with Ruth’s development. Ruth’s therapist was so thrilled to be working with a Down Syndrome child. They are finding that there are less and less Downs babies being born – sadly the pre natal testing that is available these days confirms that the baby is Downs and they are more often aborted. This truly breaks our hearts to even imagine!

Now for some more photo’s – you will see below our first family photo! Took some doing, but we got one we liked of the 3 of us, and lots we liked of Ruth on her own. (Thanks Matt!)

So enjoy some more pictures…