Ty turned 9 months old yesterday! I remember thinking last Christmas, "Wow, Ty is going to already be 9 months at this time next year!" He was only a foot long and 1 pound at this same time last year, and now look at him! It's crazy how much they grow!
This past month was a BIG one for Ty....he learned to SIT!!!!! Sitting was his 6-month goal for physical therapy (to do by February), so we have been working and working and working all of the different muscle groups that are required for sitting (there's a lot!) Well, he had started to sit in his boppy pillow, but when we took him to have his pictures taken, the photographer asked him to sit on a dot on the floor, and he just did it! It was the first time he had sat by himself. Now, he can even sit and play with a toy without using his hands for balance (for a short time anyway...he hasn't figured out yet that whipping yourself backward while you're sitting, really doesn't feel good when your head hits the floor...even when he's done it before!) So that was a huge accomplishment. We will start working on different muscles for crawling in PT next week. His PT also told us that they have been approved for the "baby treadmill", so he will be one of the first to try it out! Basically, the baby is strapped into a harness above the treadmill and their feet move along the track. It's suppsed to help babies with Down syndrome to walk significanly sooner. We are really really excited for Ty to be his PT's first guinea pig!!! He loves to stand, and is actually a really strong stander, so I think he'll do really well with it.
Santa has been busy getting ready for Ty's first Christmas!!! :) Have a great Christmas!
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