Big strides
Jordan’s physical therapist worked with her today… And we’ve both come to the conclusion that we just can’t get much therapy done when I’m around. I’m the comfort zone. I’m not supposed to force her to do things she doesn’t want to do. So she’s going to look into getting permission from my case manager to work with Jordan at school. She’d like to up the time with her and really get focused on walking. She really thinks Jordan is weeks away from the skill.
After today, I really think it’s possible.
She was pulling up onto just about anything: the fridge, the stove, the door, any type of chair, my leg, statues at the local garden where we spent hours playing today.
Jordan’s therapist also put new inserts into her shoes… Hopefully that is helping as well. The inserts have really helped her right foot. Without a shoe on, she holds that foot flat on the ground. It’s fantastic.
The hardest part in watching Jordan finally gain better skills in cruising along furniture and pulling up to stand at things is watching when she fails. Without that second hand, her leverage is tenuous at best… And that little arm can be very slippery. I watched her crash to the floor a lot today. And I can’t gasp in horror or cry out, or else she will lose it and give up trying. But I just want to pick her up each time and do it for her. But she has to learn. It’s really hard. But it thrills me to watch her have this problem. She really wants to stand up more. When I put her down, she holds her body into a standing position for a little time, or she chooses to stand at my legs. All of these little developments are a really big deal.
I took Jordan to the nearby fountain and garden this afternoon with her brother — she stood along all kinds of things — even tried to climb into the planter that is around the fountain. She almost did it, then sat down and clapped for herself. Plain cute.
The one thing I regret was not taking a camera along for the fun. I gave her a grocery-store boxed ice cream cone and it turned into a very big mess. I have yet to clean up the sticky stroller.
Riley was a very tippy walker to start. He walked at about 15 months but he was not a scooter like Jordan. My understanding is that scooters usually walk later even those with all there bits.
Riley definitely had balance issues in the beginning. We considered making him wear a bike helmet all the time because he kept bumping his head.
once he adjusted to the balance issues, he is much much stronger in his walking skills than his older all bits brother was at this age. He even went ice skating a couple of weeks ago and loved every minute of it.
Jordan will get there. it’s just going to be a little tricky because the learning curve is bigger.
Hang in there.
You are not alone.
Sorry for all the typos. i’m typing and nursing. 😉
As always… Thank you! And don’t worry about the one-handed nursing typing. I got really, really good at that!