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Our daughter Lily Bliss was born in June 2007 with profound hearing loss. At 10 months old, she...
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Fun With A Flashlight
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Last night we were reading Goodnight Gorilla, one of Lily's favorite books (special thanks to Uncle Chris for picking this one out). The story is about a mischievous monkey wh ...
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Upcoming Moog Center Workshops
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As you may remember we had a fantastic experience this summer attending the "Helping Your Children Learn to Talk" workshop in St. Louis. It was without a doubt one o ...
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She's Got A Good Ear
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We've got about 100 posts we want to share since we've been on the road from LA to NYC to Columbus, OH, but for now here's a quick story that made Lily's Mom and me light up i ...
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Advanced Bionics - Great Stuff
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Got back from our weekend trip to Advanced Bionics. What a fabulous time we had. We'll post more about the trip soon. In the meantime here's today's press release about the AB ...
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Baby Lab - 28.5 months
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I can't believe that Lily's had her Advanced Bionics Cochlear Implants for 18 months already. She speaks very well and non-stop these days. Lily comes up with original though ...
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The Halloween Experience
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There is not much Lily missed about Halloween. We had the whole experience including making cookies, reading loads of books, attending lots of wonderful Halloween parties and ...
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Lily's BFF
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Lily has a couple of BFFs which I am certain will be her pals for a lifetime. Here are Lily and Ivy, Lily's "soul sister" recreating memories for their Moms of the ...
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Lily's First Haircut - "That's not so bad"
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Lily had an official first haircut for which she sat very still. We were pleasantly surprised, because of our previous attempts at giving her bangs a little snip. It must h ...
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Another Bilateral Benefit - No Off The Air Time
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Well we had our first scare with a head bump. Lily was running on the wood floors and slipped. She conked her head on the door jam or floor (we're not really sure which). The ...
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Japanese Birthday Celebration
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We were so happy to be able to celebrate Aunt Kelly's Birthday this year. Here Lily is demonstrating how to use chopsticks at the Teppanyaki (Japanese grill) Restaurant. Th ...
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Pre-Halloween Experiences - Costumes, Books and Song
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Lily has been getting lots of pre-Halloween experiences. She's read a dozen books about haunted houses, pumpkin patches and bony skeleton fingers. And the big news is that s ...
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Talking in Spanish
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Yesterday, Lily's buddy Ivy was teaching her to count to 10 in Spanish. As we drove home from a party, we could hear Ivy saying "Uno!" Lily would respond "Uno ...
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Are You Fancy? No, I'm Just Lily.
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Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor is a big hit in our house this week. Faye, Lily's hearing resource teacher, brought us the book. She reasoned that if Lily loved fairy wings, sh ...
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Online Music Therapy Courses and other CI Experts
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Last week, I watched a free online session with Chris Barton, board certified music therapist, hosted by Advanced Bionics. Chris is an award-winning composer, performer and m ...
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Learning to Fly
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On our search for a Halloween costume, we stumbled upon these beautiful pink wings with glitter that falls off wherever you wander. Lily took to the wings instantly and now b ...
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You've got a Talker There
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Pretty much every where we go now, someone comments on how much and well Lily is talking. From grocery store clerks and people in the Library, to Realtors and retail check ou ...
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ABC's And Beyond
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Lily is getting a lot of practice learning her ABC's. She loves the song and sings it often. We have a magnet board with all the letters and Grandpa practices almost daily on ...
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From "Where's the Potty" to Potty Trained
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Today I looked back at the blog one year ago. At that time, I wrote how excited I was that Lily's receptive language was building. Specifically, we were excited that she kne ...
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Learning about Jokes
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Tonight we were working on the concept of "joke." We filled Daddy's sink up with bubbles and toys and then I told Lily that we played a joke on Daddy. Lily thought ...
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AB Harmony vs Nucleus 5
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Advanced Bionics has posted a new comparison chart versus Cochlear's latest Nucleus 5. Click on the link for more insights.
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