Physical Therapy: Day 1

Marlo met Andrea, her physical therapist today.  Andrea did an over all assessment to see Marlo's strengths and weaknesses.  Marlo isn't rolling over yet, and is not crawling.  Andrea and I discussed Marlo's daily activity as well as her overall disposition.  I emphasized that she is a VERY easy going baby.  She doesn't get pissed often.  If she can't reach a toy she claps her hands or starts playing with her toes.  She's content.  I love this about her.

But, according to Andrea and Marlo's pediatrician, she should be doing a bit more.  Andrea said that Marlo needs to strengthen her core and her upper body.  So, yes, basically, Marlo will be participating in baby pilates twice a week.  Marlo did not like the evaluation very much.  For a baby that rarely cries, she did a lot of crying.  But I suppose this was to be expected since she was being handled by a stranger and being forced to do core exercises for an hour.

Andrea gave me some "homework" to do with Marlo.  We worked on side sitting and balancing on our knees today.  She said that the cause of all of this is partly her disposition and partly not enough tummy time in early infancy.  (If anyone looks at Marlo's head, she has a perfectly round head! I was always putting her on her tummy!)  But, so be it. I guess during the afternoon she didn't get a lot of tummy time because that is when Liam plays outside so I usually had her in the sling. 

Either way, I'm looking forward to Marlo's sessions and hopefully in a couple of months I will have some great videos of Marlo rolling and  crawling to share.