Lots of arms and leg work

Yesterday we went to our OT session to see what Emily had in store for us and as usual she had a packed hour of activities that made Lucas whine and whimper off and on while he did things he didn't want to.  Even though Lucas tried his best to get out of doing some of the planned exercises Emily took no prisoners. Lucas endured 60 minutes of hard work! It paid off because Lucas really started taking off with arm work and putting pressure on his legs. You can say that we are moving in the right direction to begin (maybe) crawling or even sitting to stand in the coming months.

Putting pressure on arms and grabbing for cause/effect toys

Expanding range of motion and coming back to sitting position. (not his favorite)

Feet positioning to help with sitting to stand

Lifting up and standing up with assistance

Standing tall with a little help

Today was hard work

No surprise here that Tuesday's, or any therapy day for that matter, mean that Lucas is going to be presented with challenges, hard work, successes and most of all being completely tired out! Today Lucas had OT and he worked on upper extremity strength, pivoting and starting to work on the pincer grasp.  This is also more commonly known as being able to pick up small items between the forefinger and thumb. This is something that is a little troublesome for Lucas currently especially when trying to eat puffs. So for now mommy and daddy are offering a lot of support for this. So over the next few weeks these are the things we will be working on in OT and at home. 

So this is what we looked like before the hard work in OT.  I think he knows something's up!

Below are photos from our OT session and you can quickly see that it was not all fun and games and there were even a few moments during our session where Lucas was ready to wave the white towel!

Holding steady finally on his arms!

And still holding!

Getting a little help to start moving around

"Are we done yet?"

"Oh no, now they wanna see me pivot!"

"I like this toy and I know how to make the ball come out!"

"Mom, make it stop! I don't wanna hold myself up and reach over for those toys!"

"I guess it wasn't so bad, maybe I shouldn't have made such a big fuss"