Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Check that one off the list!

Things are rolling right along here, or more accurately Caelan is rolling all over the place and so proud of it!  ok.  "all over the place" may be a bit of an exaggeration.  It's not like he's rolling up and down the halls and touring the house.  He still pauses in between rolls. He's just come so far in such a short time.  I'm so proud of our boy and that's not all... We've got TRANSITIONS!!! Caelan can now transition from being on his back to a sitting position all on his own and he can also go from a sitting position to being on his tummy.  This is HUGE and so exciting. 
We had a meeting with Caelan’s entire OCTC (Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre) Team just before we left for Florida at the end of August.  The purpose of this meeting was to make sure that everyone knew what was being worked on and what we, his parents, felt were priorities. When asked what we wanted Caelan to accomplish, our answer of course was “everything”.  As we got down to the nitty gritty I knew that walking was definitely a priority because, frankly, lugging around a 26 pounder all the time is tiresome!  I also knew that this was too much of the big picture variety goal and needed to be broken down.  I understood that the first step to achieving this goal would be for Caelan to be able to get himself into a sitting position on his own.  Today he was able to do that over and over again and I cheered him on each and every time!

1 comment:

  1. Yeah Caelan! That is great news Tan, I can just imagine how proud he was of himself - no doubt he loved your cheering too!

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