We have been working with Megan to get her to stand up. She doesn't like to stand - so she won't pull up on things. On Tuesday, the therapist said something that clicked with me. She said that Megan doesn't have any reason or motivation to stand because all of her toys are on the floor. She has been putting toys up on the couch and table to try to get her to stand but it is not working.
I have had a table in the game room that I was going to bring out once Megan started standing. When Holly said that it occurred to me that the table toy would be great incentive for Megan to stand up. It works! She will stand for 2-3+ minutes at a time to play at the table - I stay right there with her so that I can keep her from falling over and so that she can sit on my leg when she is ready. Doing this is skipping a step for her - she is not just standing and holding onto something for support - she is standing and playing with a toy.
Megan has a toy that she sits in that rotates around a toy table. She hasn't ever been able to move the seat area around the table, or to intentionally rotate the seat from side to side. Lately we have had the toy on the carpet and haven't really put her in it much so that she spends most of her time on the floor. Holly put her in it when she was here last week to see if Megan would use her legs. A couple of days ago we moved the toy to the kitchen floor and put Megan in it. She walks around the table with ease and rotates the seat as needed. Today she walked around the table 7 times while playing in it - such a cute little one.
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