With a little bit of help, Hannah is continuing to do some great things. B was able to install some bars in our bathroom and now she can get inside, on the stool, and get herself to the sink to wash her hands or lower herself to the potty without help (just some spotting to make sure she doesn't hurt herself!) Check her out in the video below-and a note that the spots on the toilet are just where the potty seat has banged into it-our bathroom is really not THAT dirty!!!
The second clip is of Hannah coming up the ramp from our driveway to our back door doing a side step. Usually we leave her walker at the bottom of the ramp and then get her out of the car and place her in the walker and up she goes. Every once in awhile, she decides she would rather leave the walker behind and so she walks up sideways on her own. This is SUPER because it really works a muscle group that I can't remember the name of right now, but that is pretty hard to work unless you do this kind of motion (same one that you do when you make snow angels, and a muscle group that's notoriously tight in kids with CP). And what's more super is that when she goes up this way, she has to lead with her left leg which is the weaker/tighter of the two. LOVE when she gets those great PT exercises in all by her own volition! That's what it's all about...
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Way to go Hannah, she was so proud of herself. We bought a really cool toilet seat from Home Depot, it has the reducer ring attached by magnet Elizabeth just flips it down when she needs to go. I like the bars you have installed, Elizabeth has pulled the toilet paper holder off the wall so many times because she uses it as a grab bar.
Wow! She is doing so great...and they are both such sweeties. Good job Hannah...and good job mom for making such great accommodations.
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