Physio - The Third Meeting

I am relieved to say that this meeting went much better than the first two!

See the second physio meeting wrap up here.

The physio immediately noted that Miss V's arms were held lower and more in front of her, her hands continue to become more and more open and she is one very chatty, smiley baby! As the assessment continued, she found that she reaches forward towards a ball, tries to grab at objects and is finally pushing up with her arms during tummy time!

Our mission for the next few weeks consists of:

1) Continuing the tummytime, trying to get her to reach far forward for objects (we can alternate with tummytime on the ball).

2) Playing with her on her back, trying to get her to reach for/grab a small ball.

3) Play sidelying trying to get her to reach for her toys and grab them (they should be large enough that her hand remains mostly open).

4) Generally hold her in an almost fetal position, while stimulating her pects do that she keep her arms forward. As she improves with this, we are to try to get her to use both hands to hold larger objects.

5) Try to get her to grab at her feet, by generally tapping them together, bringing her hands to her ankles, etc. This exercise is my favorite; she giggles so much when she sees her toes!!

Now that I have these exercises noted, I'll see back in two weeks how they have progressed.

All those exercises were hard work! Here is my sweety taking a much needed recovery nap!

Hihi, she looks like she is up to no good!

Xo

C