The Next Hurdle

The Boy is almost sitting. In fact, for about 2 seconds at a time, he can actually sit completely unassisted. Today, he was prop sitting and pushed up, or maybe used his abs to pull himself up, to a regular seated position before starting to topple over. I'm so proud!

The next big thing is treadmill training. I can't imbed the video here, but you've got to check out this link. By the end of the summer, I want to be doing this with The Boy. Then we'll be starting speech therapy, too, etc., but I can't tell you how excited I am about this research coming out of the University of Michigan by Drs Dale and Beverly Ulrich. This will make a big difference.

The Boy visited the Down Syndrome clinic last week and was declared a success. He's doing very well, and the therapists attributed a lot of that success to his very, very early intervention. That makes me and Turtar feel so good. Extra validation from a professional source somehow felt really fabulous. I've wondered more than once if our therapy sessions and working with The Boy on our own was making any difference at all. I guess it is. That is encouraging. I will try to keep it up.