Our PT, Coreen suggested we start journaling the progress Retta is making in all areas of her development! This way, when feeling a bit discouraged, or as if we are working on the same exercise for months on end...we can look back and see that Retta IS making significant strides!
Five therapy sessions a week alone can make anyone crazy! But, one thing we know FOR SURE is that Retta continues to work 500x harder to accomplish the most basic milestone. And for this reason - WE ARE EVEN MORE PROUD OF HER!!!! From rolling over, sitting up to crawling...these milestones took endless therapy sessions, hours of repetition and months to perfect.
For the last 8 months (at least) standing has been the focus.
Looking back to when our newest PT joined us in March...Retta HAS made progress! Retta has gone from standing at the coffee table leaning on the coffee table for 5 seconds at a time, to standing freely with only a light hand on her walker for 25 minutes at a time! She goes from sit to standing, sit to standing, sit to standing building those leg muscles all while playing on the Ipad!
So yes, still working on standing...but with HUGE PROGRESS!!! And so we celebrate! Even Jaja had to stop by on his lunch break last week to see Retta stand....and initiate taking a few steps in her new gait trainer!!!
Oh! And we even added "wedge heels" to Retta's therapy shoes to help her bare more weight towards the front of her foot. This prevents her from locking her legs out when she pulls up to stand.
Of course none of this would be possible without Grandma's idea to rig the Ipad to the front of the gait trainer! Retta is all about the Ipad! She will do anything for the Ipad. New favorite games (thanks to Angela our speech therapist) include...Starfall ABC's and Pink Fong Phonics A-Z!
Looking good Retta! Keep up the hard work!!!
We are SO PROUD of YOU!!!
