Halloween & Equipment
Yesterday I went to Maria’s school for her 1st Halloween party! It was very cute, one of the aids held a boom box playing Monster Mash real loud while the 2 preschool classes paraded through the school trick or treating. Of course, Maria was the cutest one by far. I’m glad I went, even though (especially because?) work has been crazy busy lately.
Tonight I dressed Maria up again in her cute outfit (kind of a hippie witch) and we walked around the neighborhood. (Just tried to download a photo and it didn’t work, maybe Andy can do it.) I decided not to trick or treat because we don’t need more candy. It was beautiful out and many of the neighbors were sitting outside to hand out candy. Some seemed to think it was strange that we were only walking, not trick or treating.
The other thing that happened yesterday was a woman came over to show us a sitter/stander. It seemed pretty good, Maria sat real well in it; if you push here and there, she can go from sitting to standing. I like how she stands in it better than her current stander. Then this woman happened to mention that she had a walker in the car, so we asked her to get it and it was awesome! It’s called a Miniwalk, made in Norway(?). It’s not very supportive, and at first I thought it was too minimalist, but it turned out to be pretty good. The Norweigans believe if you support the child just a bit, then they’ll work harder and build their muscles. It sure worked with Maria! She seemed to love it and even took some steps in the short time she was in it! If you told me 3 or 4 years ago that I’d be excited to get my child a walker I wouldn’t have believed it, but now I can’t wait until we get one. Barb, the physical therapist, is going to write a letter of medical necessity for these 2 pieces of equipment and we’ll hopefully have them in a couple months or so.