Kristy,PT

Kristy is Caleb’s physical therapist. She comes to our house every Tuesday morning at 8:15. We love her. She is so great and know just how to work Caleb, pushing him just hard enough. Even though Caleb is going through his shy stage, he gives Kristy one shy look, she wins him over very quickly. The key to getting him to do what we want and work those muscles is DISTRACTION!

Kristy trying to get Caleb engaged in the dino/gator while she secretly uses her right hand to get Caleb in the side sitting position.

He is not a big fan of side sitting. This position requires more core control and makes Caleb feel less stable. He tries to wiggle out of it as quick as possible.

We are still working on crawling. He can hold himself in the position all by himself, but again he hates it because he is weak and feels out of control. The whole PT session is summed up with these two pictures-one minute screaming his head off, the next laughing!

Peak-a-boo! We use anything we can to keep him interested. It’s like the Mommy and Kristy show trying to keep him entertained. I had to snap a picture of this, he LOVES peak-a-boo now, and it was funny that his name is perfectly lined up. Each week, Caleb is able to tolerate everything just a little bit longer, showing that he is gaining strength.

Working on standing. When Caleb engages his core, he can stand. But almost all of the time, his core is not engaged and therefore he can’t stand by himself. Kristy is gently reminding him to engage that belly! (He really is his parent’s child!)

Standing and distraction:Little People.

He loves his Little People and his dump truck!

Since he hates the crawling position, another way to get his arm strength up so when he is standing to have him balance with his arms. Good job C!

Standing and distraction: Barney. There were several times that Kristy was able to let go but most of the time she was kind of tickling him reminding him to engage the core. He was so giggly with Barney, signing “want” and “hi”! So cute to see him so excited and communicating(oh and standing!) He is getting to be a big boy!

Even his breaks are working breaks. He is still watching Barney but sitting on her lap, core engaged of course!