Mackenzie has started taking her first steps! She has been cruising around with her walking toy and all along the furniture, but she took her first solo steps on Thursday evening. She is very wobbly and only takes a couple at a time before dropping back down and crawling the rest of the way. We are so excited and proud.
We go for another check up with the Orthopedic surgeon on December 18th so we will keep you all posted on how that goes. She is still wearing her brace at night and for naps.
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Showing posts with label post brace. Show all posts
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Look at Me Go!
I'm a little late getting this up on the blog, but I took this video last Friday night. Just 10 days after she got out of having to wear the brace full time. She just got up and started doing it all on her own. First time up she did an entire lap around our kitchen island without stopping. We didn't even show her how to use the toy to push. We are so proud! She is also walking all over holding onto furniture and moving between pieces of furniture.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
What a Change a Week Can Make
It didn't take Mackenzie long to adjust to life without the brace.
The first day without her brace while she is awake she was already pulling up and standing against everything. This wasn't a huge surprise as she was doing the same thing before while wearing the brace.
Imagine our surprise when just three full days later she was climbing up full flights of stairs! She will shuffle along furniture, take a few steps if holding our hands, stands all-the-time and has discovered how to get into all of our cupboards and drawers.
Brice took her to her follow up physio appointment on Thursday and they discharged her. They said she was already meeting all the milestones a kid her age should be and there wasn't really a whole lot they could do for her. They gave us a few exercises to work on her with. One is to have her shuffle towards the left along the furniture. She much prefers moving to the right. Her left hip was the one effected. We also were giving some exercises to help transition her from walking supported to moving between furniture to hopefully walking on her own soon.
The first day without her brace while she is awake she was already pulling up and standing against everything. This wasn't a huge surprise as she was doing the same thing before while wearing the brace.
Imagine our surprise when just three full days later she was climbing up full flights of stairs! She will shuffle along furniture, take a few steps if holding our hands, stands all-the-time and has discovered how to get into all of our cupboards and drawers.
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| Wearing "real" jeans like a big girl, no need for clothing to be practical for under a brace :) |
Brice took her to her follow up physio appointment on Thursday and they discharged her. They said she was already meeting all the milestones a kid her age should be and there wasn't really a whole lot they could do for her. They gave us a few exercises to work on her with. One is to have her shuffle towards the left along the furniture. She much prefers moving to the right. Her left hip was the one effected. We also were giving some exercises to help transition her from walking supported to moving between furniture to hopefully walking on her own soon.
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