STICKIES!
Today I introduced Shoshanna to my favorite activity from pre-school: corn starch and water, mixed so that it's just runny but turns all funny and solid when you squish it.
Needless to say, this was a BIG success. She loved squishing it, figuring out that she could PICK UP a liquid, dribble it on the ground, on me, all over her legs. We managed to keep it out of hair and faces, and she didn't try to eat it too much. There's a big white patch on the driveway now, though.
And then came the best part: cleaning up! Shoshanna LOVES playing with the hose (even though it was really viciously cold, as I discovered when I went to hose myself off), so that made her even happier than the stickies did.
Oh, and for those who are keeping score at home, our bathroom scale now consistently tells us that Shoshanna weighs 24 pounds. And I guess that she's somewhere between 32 and 33 inches tall.
Needless to say, this was a BIG success. She loved squishing it, figuring out that she could PICK UP a liquid, dribble it on the ground, on me, all over her legs. We managed to keep it out of hair and faces, and she didn't try to eat it too much. There's a big white patch on the driveway now, though.
And then came the best part: cleaning up! Shoshanna LOVES playing with the hose (even though it was really viciously cold, as I discovered when I went to hose myself off), so that made her even happier than the stickies did.
Oh, and for those who are keeping score at home, our bathroom scale now consistently tells us that Shoshanna weighs 24 pounds. And I guess that she's somewhere between 32 and 33 inches tall.
posted by Sarah @ Monday, July 10, 2006
3 Comments:
At 11:22 PM,
Misti said…
What a cute story! I just stumbled onto your blog. I have a 23 weeker. How is your daughter's vision?
At 8:21 AM,
Sarah said…
Shoshanna had Grade I/II ROP bilaterally which was resolved by her due date. She checked out fine at her one-year (adjusted) followup and is considered discharged from optho.
At 8:14 PM,
Misti said…
Wow! That's fantastic! Mine had stage III ROP and had laser eye surgery. He's growing increasingly nearsighted, but no glasses yet.
That's funny that you're from Stillwater. There seem to be a lot of us in Oklahoma. When my son was in the NICU, I found a website about a 2 year old preemie born at the same gestational age with the same name that was in the same NICU with the same doctor. It was comforting to read how well that child was doing.
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