Well, the ortho said that kids figure out how to move in their cast, and I didn't believe her. Boy, has Alex proved me wrong!! This boy is amazing! I put him on his tummy this evening and he immediately figured out how to scoot backwards! He went forward a little bit too but it was much harder; I imagine when he gets his muscles built up he will be able to do it! He was SO proud of himself and even started screaming when I eventually picked him up to put his pajamas on.
Thank goodness he is starting to figure this out, because he was getting very frustrated with laying around, especially dropping toys all the time and not being able to play with everything he wants. Overall he's been quite the trooper though. We had some problems with sleeping; he was waking every 1-2 hours. I called the ortho and she said it was probably muscle spasms and called in a prescription of Valium. He has slept much better since!
Anyway we are doing pretty well, considering the circumstances. Josh is taking some vacation from work and I am fortunate to be able to work from home for now. I really hope Alex is able to get out of the cast by Christmas!
Video of Alex's scooting (with Big Sister helping, of course!):
2 comments:
Way to go Alex! Kids will amaze you, won't they? I remember when Anika was about 9 months old and could only move her head. I put her in her bouncy seat so that I could change the laundry. When I came back she was hanging out the side of her bouncy seat, upside down (only the seat belt held her legs in) laughing with the biggest belly laugh. She had used the momentum of bouncing her head to hurl herself out of the seat- adn she thought it was the funnest thing! LOL! I love it when kids prove us wrong. ;)
Give Aurora a hug from me too, for being such a sweet sister and helping her brother. :)
That is so totally awesome!!!! He is definitely being a trooper! Look at that!!!! And that is fantastic that Aurora is helping him like that! What a good big sister she is!!! Good job, Aurora!!! Good Job, Alex!!!
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