Wednesday, October 11, 2006

The journey of 1000 miles begins with one step...

Jack had a busy day today! First, speech therapy with Karen, who thinks that Jack is doing great at paying attention and he's not putting everything immediately in his mouth. She's concerned that he doesn't vocalize at all to get attention or to let her know when he's upset, like if she takes a toy away from him. If she takes something away, he just sits there and looks at her, like he knows if he sits long enough she's going to give it back to him.

This afternoon he had physical therapy with Monica, and she is just wonderful. Because she had to move our appointment to today and after school, I had to bring Beau with me as well, and she incorporated him into Jack's therapy, which he thought was really fun. Monica is positive that Jackson is *thisclose* to walking!!!! She can tell that just since he started therapy he's gotten more trunk control and that his ankles are getting looser. He really tries very hard to do everything she wants him to do. He's such a trooper!