June
2009
Stander0
Now that Dorrie is older and her motor delays are more and more clear, it was time for some better equipment. Laying around on your back all day gives you an odd view of the world — literally.
We’ve been borrowing an orange Tumbleforms chair from the OT, but Dorrie pretty much fills that to capacity at this point and then some, so one of the things we needed was a better chair. We also decided to try and get a stander, since she needs some way to work on bearing weight on her legs and her head control still isn’t really good enough for us to just hold her. Plus the vent tubing gets in the way.
As it turns out, a stander, not having a really obvious equivalent in typical baby gear, is pretty straightforward to get approved by insurance. Thanks to the efforts of the equipment company and our PT, the approval sailed through and we finally got it delivered this week. (We’re still waiting on the seat, which takes a great deal more justification, since there are plenty of regular chairs on the market and this little thing called pillows to prop people up with) I’m kind of depressed over the need to have this thing at all, but at least it’s kind of cute. Dorrie seemed to enjoy it, too, something I’m hoping continues.
Dorrie’s New Big Toy
Humoring Us
This is Pretty Okay
I’m Standing Up!
[Note: For some reason the pictures are smaller this time. Probably because some of them were taken with Grammy's camera which defaults to a lower resolution than ours. In any case, you can always click on the pictures to see a larger version on Flickr.]