Many people have been asking me why Gabe has to wear a helmet. So I will give a quick run-down of the basics. Gabriel was born with torticollis. Which, basically, is stiffness in your muscles or joints. He had this all along the right side of his body. Due to this problem, he couldn't move his head like other babies, so he ended up sleeping with his head in the same position night after night (even with many attempts from his parents to get him to change his position). He has been going to physical therapy for five months and that has helped with his movements, but his head was getting flat in the back and his forehead was getting bigger.
Well, we didn't want our baby being a mini-freak, so we decided to get him a helmet to remedy his head's uneven-ness. He also goes to massage therapy, as well as physical therapy, to help with his movements and motor skills. He hasn't been able to consistently flip over, grap his toys, or sit up on his own. However, in the past few weeks since starting massage therapy and getting his helmet, he has improved significantly. It's amazing all the things that have happened to help our little boy grow and progress. Heavenly Father has truly answered all of our prayers and then some. He is the light and joy of our lives and I love taking him to his appointments and being with him all day. Alejandro and I were talking the other day and saying how we are always excited to see him every morning and just how much he has added to our family. We love him tons.
Sorry this is so long. I usually don't like writing a lot, but I felt that I needed to explain some things. The pictures below are the explanation for this post's title. Gabe is obsessed with his legs and feet. Just today I took all of these pictures and in many of them he was touching his feet or crossing his legs. He also sat up by himself for about 7 or 8 minutes (which is huge for us). We are so proud of him! Anyways, here are the pictures and notice how he is crossing his legs in them (too cute).
P.S. In some of the pictures he doesn't have his helmet on because he gets a break for about an hour each day. He's letting his head breathe!
He's trying to suck on his feet here, but he has yet to discover how to get them to his mouth while sitting in his Bumbo.
Sitting up on his own -- for more than 30 seconds!!
All he wanted to do was suck on this toy
Oh my goodness gracious -- crossing his legs -- this cracks me up.
Helmet pic
Crossing his legs & holding his own bottle (YAY!)
Being a baby is so chill :)
2 comments:
Sometimes kids have to go through so much! So glad yall have all those resources... Having Eli in therapy helped us a bunch with his issues too.
Gabe looks like a grown man sitting in the chair with crossed legs! Too cute.
His little helmet is so cute. Our friends little guy had a blue helmet, Gabe's is a lot less eye catching. I'm glad he is adjusting well to it. And Ollie crosses his legs too and I agree it is the cutest thing.
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