Saturday, July 30, 2011

Bella walking in her kid walk and laying in her crawl trainer

The above video was taken a month and a half ago.  She is taking individual steps much more now, but she walks on her tip toes with her knees bent because she can't stand for more than 30-60 seconds. We just found out from her new physical therapist that she walks on her tip toes not because of the kid walk, but because she has high tone in her lower extremities.  So now we are working on stretching out her muscles.  Hopefully it works!

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Bella at 4 months



These videos are for a friend who was curious about Bella's ability to hold her head up at 4 months.  The above video was taken on her 4 month birthday, the one below was taken 11 days later.  She hadn't had any hospital visits (other than 1st week in NICU) or surgeries/procedures at this point so there was nothing preventing her from being on her stomach.  She wasn't a fan of being on her stomach, but mean Mommy kept making her :).  I can't remember when exactly she learned to lift her head, but for some reason she has always been better at it when she is laying on her stomach.  Whereas now when she is walking in her kid walk she constantly holds her head to the side or lets it drop.  I'm not sure why that is.  I hope these help!