Time is so hard to keep track of anymore. Someone asks when did he start doing this or when did you notice that? I don't have the foggiest idea. But I have found scrolling back through this blog (and emails) quite helpful in pinning down dates. So let it be known that 2 days after taking his first steps, we got Roxwell to crawl.
During his AZEIP evaluation on Friday the therapist made mention of his weak core and upper body muscles because of his lack of crawling. She discussed how beneficial it would be to his strength to do such an exercise that forced him to bear a heavy load on his left side like crawling does. Now, in addition to all the other things we have been working on, we are on the floor with him encouraging him to crawl and using the exercise ball to strengthen his core. As exhausting as a newborn, but very rewarding.
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Yeah Roxwell!!!! Just in time for Nana's and Aunt Katie's visit, we are so impressed.
Hooray for Roxwell and Mom. Keep up the great work. You inspire me.
Candice
Yhea!!! so excited to see the look on his face as he learns his new skills! And fun to hear mom's sweet encouragements, too :)
that is amazing! i'm curious what exercises they gave you to get him to walk. none of the ones they gave us worked. you are an incredible mother. roxwell is lucky...and so are the other two!
They didn't give us any exercise to do with him. They were not our assigned therapist, just here to do the initial assessment to submit papers to see if we qualify for therapy. We should get the results next week.
We did pick up a few things just from asking questions. It seemed like walking is not a priority because his arm needs so much work, and once he is walking well, he will not want to crawl. Crawling is such good exercise for his arm...walking not so much.
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