Baby PT Continued...

Continuing from the last therapy session, this week was SO much better!

First, a tangent.

Since Sam has been born, it never ceases to amaze me how she develops. It's never gradual, like a hill. Everything is a stair step. One day she doesn't sign, the next she's learned 5. One day she won't sit, the next she'll play for hours sitting. This week wasn't any different.

On Saturday, I was a little disappointed, as Sam hadn't made as much progress from all the work we'd been doing since Tuesday's session. Then Sunday came and she blew me away. She sat up in the bathtub, leaning to play with the water. She stood at a glass door by herself, shifting her weight from hand to hand to play with my sisters on the other side of the door. She sat happily in the pew at church, playing by herself and never once tried to lay down.

I was beaming with pride!

And at the therapy session she amazed us again. The therapist said several times how quickly she was catching on and how much she had learned in just 2 weeks.

Sam loved all the musical instruments Diana pulled out and happily played on them.

She still likes to "fall over" but Diana always makes her work to get back up to sitting


The triangle was great motivation (notice the hand on the ground for support!)


Tug-of-war with Daddy (great for ab work)


Trying to get her to reach for the triangle, she decided the mirror was better because it was within reach.

She's gotten so good at sitting that we're suppose to play with her balance, gently pushing her to make her catch herself.

She practiced pulling up.

Coming to her knees first

then putting one foot down

Then to standing!

Having to do it over and over, however, got a little old.


Our homework this week is to play while kneeling as much as possible, and help her come to sitting from laying down. She started putting weight on her elbows while laying on her side this past week (how she "scoots")- so she's already part of the way there!