Therapy Thursday

For those who are interested: Lew's PT and OT would like him sitting up more when he's playing with toys. So far, he's not sitting independently, but he has made some progress. He's now able to tolerate some tripod prop-sitting for fifteen seconds...and then he falls over. Down below, you'll see that he's now got a floor sitter. His PT managed to get one from somewhere--she's like an equipment yenta or something--she borrows from this family, digs around at PIE (Arlington's early intervention), where she works, and voila!

Secondly, I picked up this Physiogymnic ball below at the recommendation of our PT on craigslist! It is used to help work on trunk rotation and balance. They typically retail for $40 and I got ours for a steal at $20. He seems to like it! And the land exercise has helped him progress with the Aqua Therapy exercises as well. Or maybe it's vice versa?!
He got casted for his new hand splints as well. Do you know those babies cost $100? I am so thankful that early intervention is going to pay for those because my insurance doesn't cover anything. And if they do, they make you work very hard for it. Whew, that's a post for another day though! She fixed these ones up with plastic scraps and velcro straps and we're using them to treat/stretch out his hands from their fisted position. We're supposed to use them every day for an hour at a time, which shouldn't be a problem since it takes an hour to feed him each time.