I thought I would combine my posts to wrap up the past week or so. I’ve been slacking on my blog updates:(
Luke has met another “milestone”! He was in the living room a few days ago and was on his knees on the floor playing w/ his 2 favorite stuffed toys on the couch. I walked into the kitchen for literally 4 seconds. When I came back around to walk into the living room, I discovered Luke sitting up on the couch with his toys!! He climbed up on the couch all by himself! I was in complete shock, but so thrilled. He has done it a few times since then and has also managed to climb up into the glider rocker that is still in his bedroom. I love how he seems to do tons of new things all at once!
Well, our city this year has done a great job with offering holiday activities for the kids. Saturday, I actually got hubby out of bed and had us all dressed, fed and ready to go by 11:30am (that is early for us all to be out of the house together!). I had planned on us going to a beautiful state park that is about 20 minutes from our house. They were having a holiday event with vendors, craft projects for the kids, games, Santa, and lots of decorations. Starbucks was also giving out free peppermint hot chocolate, which I was really looking forward to. I was so excited to see how the park looked with all of the decorations up also.
The sky was looking pretty gray when we left our house, but I was hoping that the rain would hold off. Nope! It started pouring about 10 minutes after we left. By the time we got to the park, it was just miserable! We drove through the gate to the park and gave them our toy donation for Toys For Tots (the entrance fee was waived in lieu of a donation). There were still quite a few cars in the park and lots of people walking around, but they were all getting soaked! I saw one man trying to fold up a baby stroller and get it into his trunk and he was not having a good time. We decided we didn’t want to get wet and came home. It continued to rain all day.
There was another holiday parade and festival going on later that same day, but the weather was just not in the mood to cooperate. We didn’t even bother to venture out for that one since it was so gloomy, wet, and miserable.
I was really looking forward to having a fun weekend, but it didn’t work out for us. There are a few other things going on before Christmas, so hopefully we can make it to those without getting drenched!
I have just found your blog so sorry if you already know this and I just haven’t read enough to find it. My daughter has hypotonia as well and will be 2 at the end of January. She was made inpatient at 6 months due to failure to thrive and therefore started PT and OT at 10 months old. Her PT is fabulous and she has been doing great with her milestones. Something that her OT suggested to help her want to walk are Squeaker Sneakers (www.squeakersneakers.com). The squeak when she walks but only if she walks heal first. You can also put a piece of tape over the air intake whole so they don’t squeak all the time. My daughter loves them and they fit over her orthotics if bought a size bigger. Again sorry if I’m telling you something you already know. Good luck to your son in meeting his milestones. Our journey has been a long and stressful one but has made me a better mom.