6 month & DT/OT Eval

First, P has rocked his PT this week.  Truthfully, I was nervous, because our first appointment with our new PT didn't go so well.  She is very aggressive and hard working, giving us lots of homework to do...which is what early intervention is all about, but we have a large language barrier, and she isn't quite a warm and fuzzy person.  She has definitely grown on me!  He is really working hard on gaining muscle strength to sit up and bear weight on his arms in order to get into crawling position.  We are so proud of him!

We weren't surprised to hear that we will need to go ahead and start developmental and occupational therapies once per week, pushing us to 3-4 appointments per week just for therapy- whew! I get tired just typing that!

 I think the hardest part of his evaluation was that he had skipped two naps this morning, and was completely exhausted, which made his evaluation scores not as accurate as they could have been.  It made me feel like a 5th grade teacher again, watching a student with the flu score poorly on a standardized test and not being able to do anything about it.

Ultimately, though, Parker has been the true "show me" baby that his pediatrician predicted.  It is almost as if he can hear what people say he is struggling with, and then decides to go and show them up.  As a mommy, it makes me proud, and as an observer and educator, it is fascinating and humbling.  This boy has so much more to show us all!