Sitting up on her own

All,

I'm busy working in the yard but am taking a break to post this video-- it may not look like much, but Madeleine spent nearly an hour today sittin gup on her own. She still needs the boppy around her for her hands but we don't really consider this cheating. Her therapist explained that children with Down's have extremely short limbs and with short arms, it is much harder for her to balance with her hands. The pillow is there so that she doesn't fall all the way over when she uses her arm for balance. Eventually, she'll be strong enough where it won't matter.

As you can see from the video, she is quite enthralled with Baby Einstein as well: