Sunday, Maria was channeling Renesmee again (you know, from the Twilight series, those books about vampires; Renesmee’s the cute little one). We were having a nice little snuggle, when she bit my neck; not a full mouth bite, just a little nip from her long, sharp canines. You’ve gotta watch that one!
On the bright side, she did really well at the pool Sunday. She could tell where we were before getting in the water, maybe even just coming in the gate, because she was smiling. She took a LOT of steps in the pool. There’s a step at perfect depth for her to walk on. I held her at the waist or held her hands and she moved her feet by herself!! Monday, she broke her current record 3 or 4 times in a row with Barb, the physical therapist. She took 30 steps, then 60 steps, then 90 steps on her own (meaning she’s being held upright, but she moves her feet by herself).
We think those two days tired her out, because Tuesday she didn’t do very well. I’m going to take her to the pool this afternoon and try some more pool walking. Barb’s not coming back until Friday, so we’ll see how she does then.
Chris and Kristin (occupational and speech therapists) came this morning and came up with a 20-minute “routine” to get Maria focused. It starts with rolling her on the ground, then sitting up, then rolling on a ball; all the time giving her “input”, where you’re pushing on different parts of her body to help her be more aware of her body in space. You can tell she likes it because she’s grinning the whole time and not sucking her thumb much. Then she’s focused enough to do the OT or speech work. For Barb what we do is 15-20 min of deep massage on her legs and feet, which seems to help her walk better.
We went for a Jin Shin Jyutsu treatment this weekend. Wonder if that’s why she’s doing so well this week??