My little man loves to cook!
Ryan found this play kitchen for $20.
It's actually quite cheap.
You get what you pay for, I guess.
We are going to get him a bigger one for his birthday
since he loved this one so much.
Showing posts with label RGOs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RGOs. Show all posts
May 23, 2011
December 14, 2010
Solution: Ikea and a 3 letter word
Nate is doing really well with his wheel chair. Although the transition from the small loaner one to his bigger one was a little sketchy at first, he has adapted beautifully. I haven't had much opportunity to get him out into big, open spaces much but when I do he just goes! Recently my mom and I took him to a Christmas party through his therapy place, and it was at an old roller rink. There was no skating so all the kids were flying around on adaptive bikes and their wheel chairs. I don't think I've ever seen Nate go so fast in his chair! Pictures to come.
One thing I noticed right away that we were having trouble with was finding a place for Nate to play while he was in his chair. He was too low to roll up to the dining room table, and too high to roll under a coffee table. We tried the couch or a chair but those were awkward and he ended up playing off to the side or bending down really far to play.
Solution: Ikea.
We found this table there that adjusts to three heights, the tallest being the perfect height for his chair. The great thing is that we can also lower it so he can practice sitting in a little toddler chair at the table, too. It's worked like a gem and gives him a great place to play.
We have also been working hard practicing walking in his RGOs. I use the word walking loosely right now. He doesn't really have much interest in doing what it takes to actually walk himself (which, in his defense, is a series of several steps in succession and is probably a lot for him to remember). To get him motivated, I bribed him with stickers. If he walks to the end of the hallway (which is not a short distance-all the way across the living room and down the long hall to his room) he gets to pick a sticker to put on his walker. I only had Sesame Street stickers so far, but recently also got dinosaurs and sports stickers which he was really excited about. It seems to be working...a little. Still not really motivated. But we are working on it. We try to get him to walk the hall twice a day (once with me and once with Ryan). Depending on our schedules that doesn't always happen, though.
Today Ryan took him to a Children's Memorial satellite campus in New Lenox. It's still about a 45 min drive, but a much smoother ride than driving into the city. Our Ortho thought it might be a good idea for Nate to have a therapy session with someone who has worked with kids his age in RGOs before (our PT has only worked with one other kid who had RGOs and he was much older). I think Ryan and I were hoping this PT would have some miracle advice for us, but no such luck. Nate had pretty much the same session as he does with is EI therapist. But any practice is good practice. We'll just keep plugging along.
And in closing, I just had to post this. Tonight I was putting some clothes away while Nate was playing with is word builder (which he is very fascinated with lately).
He will sit there for the longest time, trying a different trio of letters to see if it will sing the song to tell him he made a word. When he finally got a word and I looked to see what it was, this is what I found
I thought it was really cute, and Nate was pretty excited, too!
The Burnett household is nothing short of crazy right now, but this Friday I look forward to having 16 days off!!! Hopefully I can finally catch up on some blogging!
One thing I noticed right away that we were having trouble with was finding a place for Nate to play while he was in his chair. He was too low to roll up to the dining room table, and too high to roll under a coffee table. We tried the couch or a chair but those were awkward and he ended up playing off to the side or bending down really far to play.
Solution: Ikea.
We found this table there that adjusts to three heights, the tallest being the perfect height for his chair. The great thing is that we can also lower it so he can practice sitting in a little toddler chair at the table, too. It's worked like a gem and gives him a great place to play.
We have also been working hard practicing walking in his RGOs. I use the word walking loosely right now. He doesn't really have much interest in doing what it takes to actually walk himself (which, in his defense, is a series of several steps in succession and is probably a lot for him to remember). To get him motivated, I bribed him with stickers. If he walks to the end of the hallway (which is not a short distance-all the way across the living room and down the long hall to his room) he gets to pick a sticker to put on his walker. I only had Sesame Street stickers so far, but recently also got dinosaurs and sports stickers which he was really excited about. It seems to be working...a little. Still not really motivated. But we are working on it. We try to get him to walk the hall twice a day (once with me and once with Ryan). Depending on our schedules that doesn't always happen, though.
Today Ryan took him to a Children's Memorial satellite campus in New Lenox. It's still about a 45 min drive, but a much smoother ride than driving into the city. Our Ortho thought it might be a good idea for Nate to have a therapy session with someone who has worked with kids his age in RGOs before (our PT has only worked with one other kid who had RGOs and he was much older). I think Ryan and I were hoping this PT would have some miracle advice for us, but no such luck. Nate had pretty much the same session as he does with is EI therapist. But any practice is good practice. We'll just keep plugging along.
And in closing, I just had to post this. Tonight I was putting some clothes away while Nate was playing with is word builder (which he is very fascinated with lately).
He will sit there for the longest time, trying a different trio of letters to see if it will sing the song to tell him he made a word. When he finally got a word and I looked to see what it was, this is what I found
I thought it was really cute, and Nate was pretty excited, too!
The Burnett household is nothing short of crazy right now, but this Friday I look forward to having 16 days off!!! Hopefully I can finally catch up on some blogging!
September 12, 2010
Baby steps
We got a loner walker today (and the one we ordered through insurance should be in very soon). We are armed and ready for Wednesday's PT appointment where Nate will hopefully start learning how to use his equipment to WALK. We realize that this is going to be a slow process and, although he is two, we will be taking baby steps. It's still exciting all the same. Nate seems to be excited, too. If he sees his RGOs, he will point and say "legs" which is what we have been calling them. Then he'll say "Put legs on." I'll follow with "What do you want to do when we get them on?" and his reply is, "Stand. Walk." He is so patient while we put them on and doesn't seem to mind them at all! Here are some pics of daddy helping him walk (we aren't so good at it just yet-you can see how much he is leaning-but we're working on it!)
August 29, 2010
New things
School started again and I have one word for that: Boo.
It's been a hard transition. I went from getting things done to not getting anything done at all. And of course I lost time with my precious little guy which is killing me. Especially missing most of his therapy appointments. No more water therapy or hippo for mom. Boo. Thank goodness for my mother-in-law and sister who have been helping us out while Ryan is still working midnights. Otherwise the transition back to work would have been that much more traumatic. So thankful for family!
I have some pictures of Nate doing some new things in his RGOs. We are still waiting on a walker so we haven't been able to really practice walking just yet. We have one ordered and are hoping it arrives soon. For now we have been practicing standing in them. We already had to have some tweaking done (he was leaning to his left) but things seem to be good now. Aside from playing at his sand and water table (mostly just the water part-he is NOT a fan of sand) we have been playing with playdoh at the coffee table, using window markers to draw on the patio doors, standing and looking out the front window and picking out books off the TOP shelf of his bookcase. Oh yes, lots of new things!
It's been a hard transition. I went from getting things done to not getting anything done at all. And of course I lost time with my precious little guy which is killing me. Especially missing most of his therapy appointments. No more water therapy or hippo for mom. Boo. Thank goodness for my mother-in-law and sister who have been helping us out while Ryan is still working midnights. Otherwise the transition back to work would have been that much more traumatic. So thankful for family!
I have some pictures of Nate doing some new things in his RGOs. We are still waiting on a walker so we haven't been able to really practice walking just yet. We have one ordered and are hoping it arrives soon. For now we have been practicing standing in them. We already had to have some tweaking done (he was leaning to his left) but things seem to be good now. Aside from playing at his sand and water table (mostly just the water part-he is NOT a fan of sand) we have been playing with playdoh at the coffee table, using window markers to draw on the patio doors, standing and looking out the front window and picking out books off the TOP shelf of his bookcase. Oh yes, lots of new things!
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