Megan has begun having issues with cutting her molars. We are giving her Tylenol and orajel prior to her nap and Motrin and orajel prior to bedtime. Even with the medicine she starts crying about 10 minutes after you lay her down and she continues to escalate for a long time. On Monday she didn't fall asleep for her nap until a few minutes after 3. She was supposed to have her PT session with Mandy at 4 but she didn't wake up until 5 so we cancelled her session. Mandy had a cancellation for this morning at 8:15 so we rescheduled her session.
Megan gave Mandy a very hard time. She wouldn't stand up and when Mandy managed to get her on her feet she would sit down after a few (10-15) seconds. A few minutes after Mandy left we loaded up and headed to the farm to see Daisy. Megan had a great time riding Daisy facing forward, backward and even sideways. She rode in the indoor arena and then they took her outside and up into the outdoor arena for a few minutes. I didn't put her supergirl shoes on her when we got home (she isn't allowed to wear them on the horse) because it was 11:45 and I would have to take them off in 30 minutes anyway when she got dressed for nap.
Nap time today was a disaster. She went down just fine, per usual, and then started crying about 15 minutes later. She escalated into full on screaming and throwing herself around the crib. After about 75 minutes of crying/screaming I went into her room, put the items back in her crib that she had thrown out and covered her up. She remained calm after this but never went to sleep. She did spend a lot of this time up on high knees playing with the crib railing and I watched her try to stand up but she was doing it with both legs at the same time so she didn't quite make it; but she did try that numerous times. Normally I get her up between 3 and 3:30 depending on when she wakes up but today I left her down until 4. I wasn't expecting anything out of her this afternoon since she didn't nap and I debated even getting her shoes on her but decided to go ahead and do it. I fed her snack, put her in the floor and went to get Sam.
When I came back down she was sitting in the corner by her walker wagon, which is across the room from where I put her. I put Sam down and carried the wagon into the middle of the room and she followed me. She reached up and grabbed onto it and before I knew it she took a step. SHE TOOK A STEP. I wasn't touching her. The last time she took a step behind the wagon I was holding onto her hips for support and she took steps. BUT this time I was holding onto the wagon and she took a step. One step and then she sat down - I think it surprised her. I immediately got her to stand up again and I held onto the wagon and pushed it away from her a little bit and she took 2 steps. I was so excited for her I clapped and cheered; which of course she loved. She wasn't up for more work so I let her go play and then I called Will.
By the time Will got home from work Megan had taken 2 steps 7 or 8 times and then took 4 steps one time. Each time I was pushing the wagon and Megan was stepping to keep up with it. Eventually she stood up and pushed the wagon herself and took a step. She did this 3 times - pushing the wagon and taking one step and then sitting. The last time she did it she stood up, pushed the wagon and took 2 steps and then let go and stood there for about 2 seconds before sitting down.
I was told today, by the therapist at the horse farm, that no one understands or has ever seen a reaction like Megan is having. I reminded her that Megan has had the ability to stand up and cruise for months but that the issue had been her desire to do so and somehow riding Daisy is giving her that "want to" that we have been missing for so long.
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