Therapy team arrives

Cora has therapy today and worked her little abdominals really hard.  She likes the idea of sitting up, but doesn't quite have the coordination of sitting up or the muscle tone to do this .  We were shown a way of using her bobby pillow to help her learn how and to help develop those ab muscles that she will be needing for sitting and crawling.

Veronica (black hair) and Sarah (blond hair) both worked with Cora on the exercise.  By the end of the session , about 45 minutes, Cora was trying to sit up by herself.  The Early On Team left very happy with Cora's improvement and success today.

The homework for Cora is to continue sitting in her Bumbo seat, and for her to continue sitting up with the aid of her boppy pillow.  I also need to use a mirror or picture in front of her, on the floor, so she will straighten her arms to lift herself up and be able to look down at the picture.  This will help her learn to straighten her arms and ready her for crawling.  Cora is doing this now but not for a very long time.  By placing the mirror close to her on the play floor she will tend to stay on her straightened arms longer.

After they left Cora drank a full bottle and then napped.  She really deserved that rest.

Oh, and today at her weight check the scale showed a weight gain of 2 ounces.  Now for those of you that have been following the blog, you know how much this means to Cora.  So raise your hands in the air and let out a "WOOT< WOOT" for Cora.  Because I sure did at Pickford Medical did when I saw the scale and it read 12 pounds 14 ounces.  I think there is something to that coconut oil (mct oil).