Bedtime reading

It's been a while since the last video, I know, I know. Less than 3 months since her 2nd cochlear implant activation, Lilly's progress is nothing short of amazing! She has mastered her power word lists and learned so many animal names and sounds, fruits, transportation, bathing and playing language, simple requests and commands, please and thank you,- whew! It's astounding how quickly her language and speech is developing!


This is all thanks to Nana who works diligently with Lilly in all her areas of development but especially in speech-language & gross motor. I am enjoying the summer weeks getting to spend this amazing time with her. I must admit, bedtime is still my favorite time. We have a bedtime routine that always includes reading books and having great conversations about what we see...enjoy!

Singing with 2 ears!

The day we got 2 ears was difficult for the seed to adjust!
She kept whining and crying but would still sing her favorite songs when given the verbal cues - so cute! (And dedicated!)

2nd Cochlear implant activation

Merry Christmas

Lilly's first hearing Christmas!
It's a whole new world!

Amazing grace

An oldie but a goody!
Only 6 weeks after her cochlear implant activation Lilly begins to recognize sound and even points to her ear to say, "Hey, I hear something!?"

24 hours post op- 2nd time around

This was shot 24 hours after Lilly's 2nd cochlear implant operation. We are truly amazed at how
resilient she is! She has had a bath, new dressing and we found a creative way to attach her 1st implant so that she won't have to be deaf again! Her activation for implant #2 is March 24th. The 2nd one will give her the ability to better localize sound!

Listen to Lilly!

Less than 4 months since her cochlear implant activation Lilly is making so many sounds that vary in pitch, tone and intonation! At the end of this video you even hear one of her 1st words!