Redefining MommyhoodJourney of a mom whose son is overcoming hypotonia

I attempted to go to the gym this morning. As soon as I pulled in the parking lot in front of the gym, Luke started shaking his head and said “no, no, no”! I parked the car, went to get him out of his car seat and he tried to re-buckle himself in while still saying “no, no, no”. I knew that if I dragged him in there, a meltdown was certain. We ended up driving to a nearby park to go for a walk along the water. It was actually semi-pleasant with the breeze.

We have been struggling with the physical therapy since Luke’s therapist had her baby and is on maternity leave for awhile. He seems to cooperate better for daddy than for mommy. When he really wants something, he will move. We bribed him with his favorite oatmeal chocolate chip cookies on the coffee table tonight and he managed to kind of cruise along the table to get to them. He normally won’t do this. He also managed to try to undress himself and try to climb into the tub tonight. He threw his right leg up onto the side of the tub, which meant he was putting all of his weight on his weaker leg. He also stepped his legs out of his shorts for daddy and transferred weight from side to side. Any other time, he will refuse to do any of these things. I’m really not looking forward to the teenage years when stubbornness will be a much bigger problem!