A Great Ab Workout

We ask James to do a lot.  He works hard all day doing things that would come naturally to most kids.  One of our big tasks is strengthening his core (abdominal) muscles.  These muscles help with many important body movements, but the specific function we are working toward is sitting.

James does a lot of strengthening while he plays: rolling, eating his toes, tummy time, etc.  But, we need to help him along.  The Bumbo seat has been a great tool as it supports James while sitting, but still allows him to do some of the work.  We are working on more ways to use it (maybe a bath tomorrow so he doesn't try to roll in the tub).  Here are a couple:

On a different note we "bit the bullet" and bought one of those tiny, single-serve blenders, the Magic Bullet.  The small volumes were are using for James' feeds won't blend well in our blender because there isn't enough for the machine to work with.  Cue Magic Bullet.  It was way easier to put James' meal together tonight.  I didn't have to add ounces of juice or broth just to get it to mix, which would really mess with the calorie to ounce ratio.

Also, thank you to the Cunninghams for the Bible Songs video.  It kept James fixated on the TV for 15 minutes today which was a huge help to me.  :D

Enthralled by Bible Songs.

Great uses for the Bumbo and Kitchen Accessories!

 With love.