Many of you may (or may not) know that Juleyana has been trying to stand on anything and everything. She travels along the couch, her crib and pack and play at home and outside. She has even pulled off the pants of her sister trying to stand up, using her as leverage!
Unfortunately, all the push toys are light weight and not made for a child of her height, so they either fall over or she has improper body alignment while using them. We resorted to putting a weight in the push stroller so it doesn't tip over when she stands.
Yesterday we were supposed to have a gait trainer (type of walker) delivered to use while we figure out which device would work best for her. Unfortunately, I received a phone call in the morning saying it wouldn't be delivered and I would have to reschedule for next week. I thought, great! Here we go, delayed and we will probably never get it. So, we set out on a mission to get this device. I asked to pick up the gait trainer myself. We were told that was fine, but then got another phone call demanding that we must bring a letter from Juleyana's pediatrician saying she is cleared to walk with this device....seriously?!! We have Kaiser and it is usually a process to get a letter or talk to a Doctor, unless you have an appointment. Again, I was on a mission and I had faith that we would get what we needed (and wanted to badly!). Doctor Horan (her pediatrician) is amazing. We emailed and called and to my surprise, he emailed back right away and said to come by his office! Within 2 hours we had our letter. After therapy we picked up papa, brother and sister and headed to San Bernardino Inland Regional Center. We provided our paperwork and into the car went our loaner gait trainor!!! Woooohooooo! It was a long day worth all the driving, emails, phone calls and jumping through hoops. When we got home, I cleaned the mother out of the thing, using a whole spray can of lysol and made it sparkling clean!
Today we brought it to therapy for fitting and to give it a roll. It is a smidgen big and she wasn't too thrilled, but little by little she will be all over the place! I'm so happy to see my determined little girl climbing mountains with baby steps! Can't wait until I can update you all with a video of her walking with her gait trainor! Take care and Happy Friday!
Yesterday we were supposed to have a gait trainer (type of walker) delivered to use while we figure out which device would work best for her. Unfortunately, I received a phone call in the morning saying it wouldn't be delivered and I would have to reschedule for next week. I thought, great! Here we go, delayed and we will probably never get it. So, we set out on a mission to get this device. I asked to pick up the gait trainer myself. We were told that was fine, but then got another phone call demanding that we must bring a letter from Juleyana's pediatrician saying she is cleared to walk with this device....seriously?!! We have Kaiser and it is usually a process to get a letter or talk to a Doctor, unless you have an appointment. Again, I was on a mission and I had faith that we would get what we needed (and wanted to badly!). Doctor Horan (her pediatrician) is amazing. We emailed and called and to my surprise, he emailed back right away and said to come by his office! Within 2 hours we had our letter. After therapy we picked up papa, brother and sister and headed to San Bernardino Inland Regional Center. We provided our paperwork and into the car went our loaner gait trainor!!! Woooohooooo! It was a long day worth all the driving, emails, phone calls and jumping through hoops. When we got home, I cleaned the mother out of the thing, using a whole spray can of lysol and made it sparkling clean!
