Ethan's May Milestones

I love horses now!

May was a great month for mommy and daddy – Ethan continues to engage with us more and more. It feels so, so, so good!

May Milestones

• Waves hi and bye – we’ve only been actually trying this for a month or so, he picked this up pretty quickly :-)

  

  I can reach!

• Reaching over his head with both hands – we’ve  been working on this since the start of physical therapy. This has always been particularly hard for Ethan.
• Reaching out for Mom and Dad specifically – We’ve been working on this since he was born!
• Successfully put shape blocks into the corresponding cutout  - at least 4 months of dedicated weekly work
• Cruised all around the coffee table by himself – 8 months of physical therapy
• He spins himself around while sitting - this is huge for us because any time that Ethan learns he can control his own direction to reach toys around him he becomes more motivated to work harder. See the video below! 
• Successfully eating with a spoon and putting the spoon back onto the plate (he can’t scoop his own food just yet) – we’ve been working on this for a few months now.
• He rode a horse! This was random and fun – he loved it. We’ll definitely get him up on a horse when he’s older
• And my personal favorite – he gives hugs now!!!!! We weren’t even practicing this per se, just one day I was hugging him as I always do and he hugged me back. Swoon!

Thanks for horsey ride Jr. Blind!

Thank you to our wonderful physical therapists and to the director of our preschool who keeps trying to keep him engaged during the day.  And thank you to Terry – who keeps me sane during all of this!