Emmet news

Emmet "W" sitting

Much to my dismay Emmet's favorite sitting position is the "W" sit. He seems to have plateaued again as far as gross motor skills. He CAN crawl but only chooses to do so when he's heading for something to pull himself up to his knees at. Otherwise his main mode of transporting himself from one place to another is scooting, which he has gotten pretty darn fast at and continues to be adorable even though I would much prefer to see him crawling. He does not like to stand and will only do so for about 3 seconds before he collapses. He's still pretty wobbly all around and is ,at times, not quite stable while sitting, which is probably why he chooses to "W" sit. I spoke with our P.T. at school who gave me some suggestions on activities to do with him to help him build up his upper body and core strength. Of course trying to get a 1 year old to comply to some of these things is not always easy. They have their 15 month appointment in a month and we'll speak to the doctor again then about our concerns. In the meantime my P.T. at school said "don't freak out, it just sounds like he's got really low tone and you're going to need to work with him on it." She also offered to come "play"/work with him over the summer! I will be taking her up on that offer.

In other news one of Emmet's favorite things to do lately is SCREECH AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS! Ada thinks this is just hysterical and will yell at him to egg him on. He's been babbling a lot more lately too and is very much into stacking blocks and playing with his puzzles. He is a goofball when you get him going, otherwise he's pretty quiet and loves to watch Ada. I just love my little guy!