In the last few days, four people have commented on Finn's neck position without me even mentioning it. So, his EI PT, Jane, stopped by Preemie Class yesterday and worked with Finn a little bit. She wasn't scheduled to come for a visit until next week, but stopped by today because she wanted to work with him again and give me some tricks to try. Seriously?!?! I'm SO done with this. I really thought that Finn would have out grown it by now. I was pretty down in the dumps, but on the bright side, because Finn is getting older, some of the exercises are more for him to do than us doing them to him. Like looking in a mirror and doing "Tick tock" with your head...a song that he loves anyway. Argh. I guess I'd better call Gillette about starting PT again (they were supposed to call me in April, but I haven't been too vigilant about going back!).
And what Jane thinks is the reason for this major reemergence of Finn's torticollis...he is definitely going through a major growth spurt. He has been sleeping like crazy over the last couple of weeks and when I put his PJ pants on two nights ago, they were too short (something that has NEVER been a problem for Finn before!). Then yesterday, I put his jeans on him and we had the same problem! Yay...my little shorty is getting taller! But the reason this could be causing his torticollis to act up is with all the changes in his muscles, his neck muscles might not be keeping up and able to stretch out the way the rest of his body is. So, more stretches and exercises in the mean time.
Also, baby girl is starting to "play" with her surroundings and toys! We set up the gym play mat for her this weekend and she loves it. This morning, she accidentally hit one of the toys with her hand and then start purposefully playing with it! It was so much fun to see her thought process and her figuring out an elementary version of cause and effect. I took a video, but haven't had time to upload it yet. My baby girl is getting so big! Oh, and the gym mat might end up being my savior...she played with it on and off for a couple HOURS yesterday without crying! I couldn't believe it. Thank you Stacey and Connie for getting it for her! I may need to take you out for drinks as a thank you ;)
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