Physiotherapy

Last week I finally got a phone call from the BTHC physio dept. Madelyn was referred via her newborn follow up appointment in April. At that appointment I was shown how to do a few exercises to help Madelyn to learn to sit. She was sitting a few weeks later. But I was still anxiously awaiting the appointment with the physitherapist here to see what else we should be doing. So when they called last week Tuesday and asked if we could come the next morning I said we would be there.

Madelyn was is good spirits considering it was her nap time. The physiotherapist,Carla, was very friendly and Madelyn took to her nicely. We played on the floor and Carla assessed her well. I got a few more excersises to do with Madelyn that will help her crawl. She actually started crawling at the appointment. She had never done that yet, so I was very happy.

Since then, Madelyn is all over the place. She is not doing the proper technic of crawling on all fours, it is more like an army crawl with her tummy down on the floor. But we will continue to work on her core muscles, and help strengthen her shoulder gertal. Now I sound like a physiotherapist.

All in all, Madelyn is progressing nicely. Her muscle tone is weaker, but still in the normal range. And I am also happy about the fact that we also talked about her oral aversion, and next time I will get to talk to a OT, if Madelyn is still not eating with a spoon.