Ten months
John is ten months old today and I am extremely proud of him.
We went to physical therapy as usual this morning, and a four-year-old girl was using a swing of sorts. It is a long bench, attached to the ceiling by two ropes at each end. Sitting at the end, between the ropes, it is just like a swing except that the bench continues on behind you. The therapist decided to let John sit on the swing in order to distract him while she manipulated his neck. So far, normal.
John grasped onto the ropes and Cindi (our therapist) started giving him pushes on the swing. At first, she cautiously kept her hands near him, but he showed no signs of falling, so she continued pushing and he did great. He alternated taking hands off the rope on each side and then started squirming. She slowed down the swing, interpreting the squirming as a desire to get off but he instead stood up, holding onto the ropes, and she let him swing, standing up, for another ten minutes. I guess we'll be skipping the kiddy swings at the park next summer.
Wow! Some of the big kids at therapy get scared of standing up on the swing. If I hadn't given birth, I'd wonder if this guy was related to me!
John has seven teeth and loves saying da-da-da. He says many other syllables, but that is clearly his favorite. In the past few days, his speaking has become much more inflected, such that it sounds like normal conversation and not just syllables. He plays with stars, broccoli pieces, and bananas if I put them on his tray, but he doesn't actually want to eat them. He continues to nurse a lot but we're both happier now that he's sleeping more. He is becoming deliberate about taking things off of shelves now and I'm beginning to wonder whether I ought to begin teaching that things can also go back onto shelves.
What do people in cold climates without gym memberships do for exercize?
We went to physical therapy as usual this morning, and a four-year-old girl was using a swing of sorts. It is a long bench, attached to the ceiling by two ropes at each end. Sitting at the end, between the ropes, it is just like a swing except that the bench continues on behind you. The therapist decided to let John sit on the swing in order to distract him while she manipulated his neck. So far, normal.
John grasped onto the ropes and Cindi (our therapist) started giving him pushes on the swing. At first, she cautiously kept her hands near him, but he showed no signs of falling, so she continued pushing and he did great. He alternated taking hands off the rope on each side and then started squirming. She slowed down the swing, interpreting the squirming as a desire to get off but he instead stood up, holding onto the ropes, and she let him swing, standing up, for another ten minutes. I guess we'll be skipping the kiddy swings at the park next summer.
Wow! Some of the big kids at therapy get scared of standing up on the swing. If I hadn't given birth, I'd wonder if this guy was related to me!
John has seven teeth and loves saying da-da-da. He says many other syllables, but that is clearly his favorite. In the past few days, his speaking has become much more inflected, such that it sounds like normal conversation and not just syllables. He plays with stars, broccoli pieces, and bananas if I put them on his tray, but he doesn't actually want to eat them. He continues to nurse a lot but we're both happier now that he's sleeping more. He is becoming deliberate about taking things off of shelves now and I'm beginning to wonder whether I ought to begin teaching that things can also go back onto shelves.
What do people in cold climates without gym memberships do for exercize?
4 Comments:
At 5:10 PM,
Amy said…
In my case, sit inside doing nothing and ask for 2 months worth of YMCA membership for Christmas.
At 8:37 AM,
E said…
You know, I never knew--why does John go to physical therapy?
Winter is when I gain about 7 pounds...we have a free indoor track where 8 laps is a mile...it's pretty boring and horrid but it's FREE!! This year we got cross-country skis. In theory, I know so many floor exercises that I can work out plenty at home...ha ha...
At 9:23 AM,
Emily said…
Ellie,
John had a "wry neck" - he could look to the right by about 110 deg but to the left by only about 40. I think he'll be stopping pretty soon. He can rotate entirely to the left now, but doesn't do so very willingly. Maybe I should do mommy exercises everytime I stretch his neck! That'd get me in shape.
Emily
At 7:35 PM,
Jenny said…
It makes me very happy to hear you so proud of your baby boy. I really enjoyed meeting him - he is very sweet. :)
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