Some work to do

I’ve been trying to work with Jordan on her walking with very little progress. Today we met with her physical therapist and she said we have some intense work to do. But if we do that, she thinks we could get Jordan walking in a month or two.

So here’s what we have to do… Never just plop her down into a sit. And we have to get into a habit of always walking to certain spots in the house. We’ll start with always walking to the high chair to eat. She didn’t like it this evening… But she also had been walking around the house a lot this afternoon with her therapist. That is hard work.

The therapist is going to see if our state program will approve working with Jordan two times a week for a month so we can hit this effort really hard… But first, we have to work on Jordan’s left leg. Apparently, her right leg is doing a really good job going through the motions of walking. Her left leg shoots out too much to the side. We have to keep teaching her how to move her leg well. I’m not sure how yet, but I’m going to spend more time focusing on walking. We’ll also work on her shoe lift… Get it forcing her left foot flat more. At this point, her right foot is figuring that out.

I try not to get worried about Jordan’s physical needs. She always figures it out eventually. But I want to help her as best I can. I worry I can’t give her enough time to focus on walking. I know the teachers at school can’t do it all the time. So the walking task at school will be anytime the kids are walking outside. We’ll have Jordan walk out as well. Our therapist is recommending I scrounge up a bunch of overalls… without snaps in the legs so you can actually tug onto her and keep her up. Yikes!