A new year!! 4-6 months

Bella at 4 months

At the beginning of the year we went back to see the cardiologist who informed us that Bella's holes in her heart were so small that he didn't see a need to perform surgery, yeah!! This was also around the time we began to really notice that Bella was falling behind on her milestones. She still was not holding her head up, and she also refused to bear weight on her arms. It was at this point that I got in touch with Infants and Toddlers program through the state and they began to send a physical therapist, Cathy, over weekly to work with Bella.

Bella at 5 months.
Bella at 6 months.

Throughout the winter we battled many, many colds. I guess we are extremely lucky it never got worse than a cold, but we spent many a night up with Bella as she was coughing so hard that she couldn't sleep. And even though it was just a cold, she was unable to get over them herself and we always had to get medicine for her. They had told us she would probably have a weakened immune system, and it seems they were right.

Girls night in!!