Ben has been making some great progress lately. He is back to rolling consecutively (he stopped after his leg break) and he is getting stronger with standing. He still has a long way to go and isn't able to straighten his legs yet, but has definitely taken a spurt lately. He is able to sit up on his own for about 30 minutes while watching TV (still can't get into sitting and just falls when he wants down - but still much better than before).
We have really, really been working with him a lot at home lately mainly because we aren't getting anything accomplished at physical therapy - he is scared to death of someone working with him, especially someone he doesn't trust (can't say I blame him). He starts crying and throwing a fit as soon as we pull into the parking lot and it brakes my heart. So I've decided to make a daily schedule of all his PT exercises and have us check mark them off as we do them. I've found it makes me more aware of getting everything in during a day. And Ben still isn't a big fan of them, but he is much better at home working with someone he trusts.
One of the list items is crawling. This has been our hardest one since Ben doesn't like being on his belly, can flip over on his own if you put him there and convincing him to try to move is another story. Well tonight we had a breakthrough!!! This video probably doesn't seem like much to most, but it is HUGE for him. HUGE!!!
6 comments:
I am so proud of you Ben. You have come a long way since I saw you a few weeks ago. You will have to show us how you crawl when we come down for your birthday.
Love you lots,
Gramma Mo
WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO Ben! Congratulations! :)
Wow, Ben, that was SUPER!!! Look at you go! WAY TO GO!!
Yeah Ben! I love to see you cruising around your living room--way to go :)
Sarah, Jeremy, and Evan
GREAT JOB BEN!! I also love your little bald spot on the back of your head, so cute!!
Hugs,
Crystal and Eva
this is great to see... like Reuben, Ben likes to roll off the soft mat during rolly pollies... learnt a lot from watching your video too of a possible way to get Reu to crawl, holding him from above tho difficult with my pregnant belly!
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