One of the many things we've learned in the two months since Caleb's birth is that children with Down syndrome tend to have hypotonia (low muscle tone). While Caleb was in the NICU, an occupational therapist showed us several exercise to do with Caleb to strength his muscles. We spend a good amount of time each day stimulating the muscles in Caleb's arms and legs with techniques similar to massage. We also do lots of "tummy time" to strengthen his back and neck. Our goal in doing this is so that Caleb will get stronger and will reach developmental milestones as close to "typical" as possible. We know, and accept, that some things will happen for Caleb later than for some of his/our friends, but we want to give him every opportunity to keep up.
Caleb's Gigi and Papa (Brad's parents) were babysitting on New Years Eve, so that Brad and I could go to dinner and an OKC Thunder game. While at dinner, we received a text from Brad's mom telling us that Caleb rolled over. We didn't believe her. Caleb is two months old, and babies with Down syndrome don't roll over for a while after "typical" children. We told her that we needed video evidence. Caleb didn't cooperate with her, but he decided to show me for himself the next day. He rolled over once, so I grabbed my phone in case he did it again... and he did! He has rolled over at least once every day since then! I wasn't expecting him to roll from front to back until 4-5 months. I'm so proud of my little man!
Jan 1, 2013
Jan 3, 2013
I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. - 1 Samuel 1:27
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