On September 5th, Vincent had his first physio
session. We opted for the in-home
physio. There are many reasons we
decided to do it this way. Here are a
few reasons. There was less than $10 difference and the office is 25 minute
drive without traffic. There is also less
distractions at home. Vincent is so curious therefore he wouldn’t have been
able to focus. He is so curious and loves to interact with other people.
The therapist we got is part owner in the company. After
finding out who is his pediatrician, she decided to make room for him. I am really happy because she is fantastic.
She has been doing physiotherapy with kids for 40 years. Vincent loves
interacting with old people. He thought therapy was playtime with a grandma. I was very nervous about starting physio. In
my mind, I thought it was really my fault he wasn’t walking. Was I doing
anything wrong? Let us name his
therapist W. She did comfort me and
saying it wasn’t me that was doing anything wrong. When she walked in the house, Vincent crawled
really fast to meet her. She said he is the faster crawler she has seen in her
whole career. Why walk when he can crawl very fast. After filling her in with his history, she
started to look at him. While we were doing that Vincent was walking around
with his walker. The first thing she
advised was to hide the walked. Vincent was trying to run with it. He also had
his feet be very wide apart. Vincent can’t balance because he isn’t working is
core muscles. She showed me a few
exercises to help him build his core. The exercises are:
Walk while making him hold on your arms. We need to slow him
down and force him to walk with his feet straight. That will make him walk
straight. The second exercise is sit him
in front of you with his legs straight and rock him back and forth singing row
row boat. The third exercise is sit him
on your lap, hold his legs together and make him fall back and forth. He needs
to catch himself. The last exercise is lie
him on his back, bring his legs together in the air and make him hold it. He
absolutely loves this one as we play peek-a-boo with his feet.
The next appointment is scheduled for the end of the month.
Since the appointment, Vincent started standing on his own and doing a few
steps here and there. I can’t wait to see how else we can encourage him.
