PT mamas check in

DenverBride2005

Hi ladies!  I figured since the PT and gross motor development process tends to be a little slow this check-in might be okay every two weeks--so here we are in early August! How are your LOs doing?  Any major developments to celebrate?  How are you feeling through the whole EI/PT process?

DenverBride2005

Caleb is doing well, still slowly progressing.  He has started scooting around a little bit more, though our PT isn't overly excited about that--she'd rather he be on his hands and knees and moving more toward crawling.  I had to travel for work earlier this week and I am always afraid that DH isn't quite as intentional with his at-home exercises as I am...

I know another question I was going to pose to all of you--what sorts of exercises are you doing with your LO to help promote gross motor development?  We have been working on various exercises like "sit to stand", side sit to help him learn how to curl his legs around sideways and push up/pull up to cruising or tall kneeling.  I figured we could possibly share things that we are each doing at home and get some new ideas!

gutsymama

Luke has been a crabby clingy bear at our last 2 sessions, but he's making progress - crawled up and down an incline yesterday! Last time he tumbled when he tried to crawl down. And we've been working on standing without holding on, with support behind his back - and yesterday without any support at all I let go of his hands and he stayed up for a couple seconds before slooooowly toppling like a very confused tree, lol.

His favorite thing to do is climb our stairs, now that he's figured out how. He's getting so fast! I can't let him out of my sight anymore, he just beelines for the stairs immediately. I'm glad he's getting exercise and getting stronger, but part of me is like, Noooo! Stop working out, baby! I worked hard to get those calories in you, stop burning them so fast!

Still quite a ways from walking, but that's ok. We will keep going to PT until he walks (every 2 weeks). We love our physical therapist!

gutsymama

DenverBride2005 said:

Caleb is doing well, still slowly progressing.  He has started scooting around a little bit more, though our PT isn't overly excited about that--she'd rather he be on his hands and knees and moving more toward crawling.  I had to travel for work earlier this week and I am always afraid that DH isn't quite as intentional with his at-home exercises as I am...

I know another question I was going to pose to all of you--what sorts of exercises are you doing with your LO to help promote gross motor development?  We have been working on various exercises like "sit to stand", side sit to help him learn how to curl his legs around sideways and push up/pull up to cruising or tall kneeling.  I figured we could possibly share things that we are each doing at home and get some new ideas!

The side-sit and reaching across his body like that did a lot for helping him crawl.

We are encouraging a lot of squatting to build toward walking - while standing with support, place a toy on the ground for him to reach down for, help him squat if he's trying to bend at the waist instead. He's come a long way with squatting - she was really impressed with it yesterday!

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PT is going well. DD is crawling now. We are working on her crawling over things and under things. Also working on standing. She is standing for longer periods of time but nothing on her own. The PTs are very happy that she wiggles since it is weight shiftibg. and she is pulling up to knees. At times she seems to try to pull to standing but nothing yet.

I love our private PTs and even EI PT but I do not like our developmental specialist. She is all about check boxes. The comment was made that yay she can crawl. Her response was that I just one box. I wanted to slap her. Her crawling is awesome and has opened up her entire world. You could at least be happy and excited for her milestone rather than it being a check box. I am thinking of trying to get a new one. One that is more hands on.