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2/07/2011

Cuppy!

My daughter, Natalie has a problem with her right hand... It doesn't open all the way. It looks as though the skin is just too tight on her palm to open each finger more than 90 degrees. She doesn't have any developmental issues just the hand and low muscle tone in her legs (which we don't yet know what caused that). Shes very smart, however and figures out how to grab and hold things with both hands. Small things are challenging for her at times, such as using a sipping cup. But, today... for the first time... Natalie successfully drank from her cuppy! She was laying down (because she cant really pick up the cuppy yet when its full because its too heavy..) and she drank over half of it!! I'm a proud mama!


She will probably have to have surgery to clip the skin of her fingers so they open, but for now she wears a hand split at night to help "naturally" open them as much as possible. She too young for surgery now.

Im just so happy for my little baby! And as I sit here typing this now, she has rolled back to her cup, grabbed it and is now working on the second half of the formula!

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