Hannah had a great, great PT day again today! I tell ya, Ms. Pam, the therapist, definitely knows how to work with Hannah. Hannah has been using her Surestep orthotics for about a week now, and today was her first day using them in PT.
We worked on getting on to her knees and balancing and rocking, and you can see Hannah’s is definitely getting stronger in her quads. We also worked on her getting from a sitting to crawling position and a crawling to sitting position. She is not there yet, but she is definitely in more control of her movements.
Hannah’s ABSOLUTE favorite thing is the yellow peanut therapy ball. Ms. Pam sits behind her, and Hannah focuses on standing up with just using her hands to hold herself in a standing position. We would put a toy on top of the ball, and she would actually start being able to balance with just one hand while grabbing the toy! She would also work on walking with her hands on the therapy ball while Ms. Pam and I would continue to move it forward.
But the thing that made the entire therapy room laugh was Hannah’s pure joy on being rolled on this ball. Ms. Pam would roll her up so she would be balancing on her stomach with her feet in the air, and then Hannah would work on putting her feet in the right position each time she would land back on the ground. She was just hysterical doing this and had such a blast!
Actually, my goal now is to see if I can find one of these peanut therapy balls for the house.
There is nothing like a young child laughing to put smiles on peoples faces. 🙂
I have seen these balls in Target and Wal-Mart in with their exercise stuff. I have also seen them at Toys R Us. I have order other things off of this website and have been happy with what I got as well.
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It is great to see a kid have fun!
That sounds so wonderful! I am glad she’s getting the work done and having fun doing it. It is encouraging to hear the progress she does make. That’s for sharing everything.