progressed until 7-9 months..

May 24, 2002

Hi,

This is mom to Tyler 6 yrs old now. Tyler was born 8 lbs 1 oz with an

APGAR of 9. Inever knew he had any problem until his 7 -9 month check up. His

head circumference was small but untill then he was a big boy progressing right

along. We noticed around 8 month he was holding his left arm tighter & close he

wouldn't do much with it. Tyler rolled everywhere he wanted to go ( I have a

family circus comic strip showing their baby rolling everywhere - I put it in

Tyler's scrapbook, it's so cute ) until 14 months when he learned to commando

crawl. Tyler learned to walk at 28 months. He absolutely refused to use any

type of walker - I tried all kinds. He wanted to hold hands and walk untill he

could do it on his own.

The PT wanted to put him in a wheelchair " to help make things easier on me " but

I refused because I think if he has the will to walk I will strongly encourage

it. It is tough on my back and shoulders sometimes putting him in & out of the

car but Tyler has really been doing good with walking, he trips a lot because

he'll sometimes drag the left leg but he normally just goes right along. When I

go to the mall or outdoor all day events I use a jogging stroller because he out

grew ( 48lbs) the umbrella stroller. The jogging stroller I found has a cover

over the front wheel where he can rest his legs/feet the older models don't have

that. I'm not ready financially to pay $600.00 for a convaid streeler that I

know Tyler will need eventually. The jogging stroller works well enough for now

and it was only 99.00.

Hope my info helped.

& Tyler in Manassas, VA

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