There has been so much going on these last couple week, I need to start documenting it! James' attendant started working with him, going to school and therapy a few times a week and helping out at home. It has been wonderful. It is so nice to know that he is getting therapy even when I can't work with him. We have been working really hard to get him up and down the stairs on his own and having another person to help me through that has been so helpful. We have been working on this skill for a month, making him climb or slide down at least half the stairs if not the whole set. He is doing well, but can't get up on his own. It is hard form him to get enough strength without his orthotics, but wearing the orthotics limits his range of motion and makes it harder. He likes to fight us and today he fought me so hard that he actually fell asleep on the stairs.
It is just one of those skills we are going to have to work on the hard way. When the baby comes in a month I won't be able to carry all 25 pounds of him along with the new little one.
We have also been brainstorming new activities that James would find exciting. We got him a fun coloring mat that works with a special water pen - no mess! He hasn't gotten the concept of drawing on paper yet. However, he had a fun time drawing on himself:
Hopefully more soon!
With love.
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