After a few days of practice Mabel's walking skills are getting better. She still has doubts that she can go more than about six steps, but she is getting good. The other flaw to Mabel's walking practice is she wants to walk between me and Zack, she'll walk to me then him then me than him...she gets so excited she starts falling over! Its OK though, we have tons of fun!
So, this morning Mabel had her first physical therapy session since the big steps were taken on Saturday. We were sooooo excited to show off our skills. Mabel promised she'd show the physical therapist what she could do and just in case Zack met us there so if she would only do it between us at least the doctor could see. Mabel held up her promise and walked to her doctor. Oh, it was so exciting and I thought the doctor was going to cry! She gave Mabel a certificate for walking. Mabel was so excited she said "Woooowwww!" I think it was the gold sticker that really got her! So Zack was able to sit in on most of this session which was a treat for both him and Mabel since he has had to work the last several weeks. Mabel had to show Papa all the cool stuff she does at her physical therapy.
Yes, the physical therapist agrees this a turning point. Mabel's stride looks good and she said that from the looks of her steps she could walk across the room but probably doesn't realize it yet. So we are going back next week and we'll see how things go. The doctor wants to see her walk and then we'll take some time off a week or so and go back to make sure she isn't developing anything like a limp. Also the doctor couldn't believe Mabel was already putting two words together at her age. She looked it up in her books and wanted to point out that is a 21 month milestone...I know, Mabel's so advanced!
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