Moving right along

Megan is flying through the phases of getting from where she was to walking on her own.  She can now, as of yesterday, walk just holding onto one of our hands.  She does great at it and is almost perfectly stable - she is still a tiny bit wobbly after the 10th+ step but she can keep going.

Yesterday at school she took independent steps for them several times.  They hadn't seen it previously because she was out sick so they were all very, very excited.

Her at home PT gave me some tips for working with her by myself and they work great.  I raised her therapy bench to a level where when she sits on it she is about at a 110 degree angle.  I face her toward the couch and put something on the couch that she wants.  She will stand up by herself and take a couple of steps to get to the couch.  She is always so very proud of herself when she does this.  Yesterday the school PT gave me some tips for getting her to walk toward me as well by having Megan go to the side a little bit instead of straight on which she said should avoid the diving - we will try this later today.

When I picked her up from preschool yesterday I asked whether or not she is playing with the other kids.  The immediate response was "she goes up to the other kids more than anyone else".  I love to hear that.  I love that she is playing with them.  I told them that she loves to play with Sam but that she can get aggressive with him so I was worried about that.  They said when she plays with a particular little boy in class who is almost her size (he is slightly bigger, but  not much) that they can really get into; but that when she plays with the other kids who are her age but "average" size (so huge compared to her) she does great.  I couldn't help but think "smart girl, knows not to take on the big kids".