Thursday, August 5, 2010

Update on Luca's development

It has been a while since I wrote an update about Luca so here goes:

He is going to have surgery again on his feet this fall (most likely in Oct. or Nov.) in which Dr. Mosca will cut more tendons but not the joints.
Luca is standing while leaning against the couch or something else
Luca is taking steps when being supported by the hands or under the armpits
Luca is reaching towards items and plays independently
Luca can turn on the fan in his room by himself (I will have to post a video or picture) The button is located about where his head is and it is pretty awesome to watch him work his way up to the button
He loves electronics and turning things on and pressing buttons
He uses his arms and hands a lot but still is lacking significant muscles in them and cannot lift them on his own
His legs are very strong and his AFO's are like little weapons without him realizing it.
He loves the park and the swings as well as anything to do with water. He scoots over to the tub and begs for a bath
He can sit up by himself in the crib
He says bye-bye, woof-woof, uh-oo, shoe, mama, dada, duck, ball, no, ya, and all done
He loves being outdoors and digging in the dirt.
Well, I am sure there is more I could write but when you see your child on a daily basis it is hard to remember what he could or couldn't do before.

What we are working towards:
walking, standing alone, feeding himself (which he currently cannot do), sitting up on the floor and moving to one nap (he is getting close to this goal:), holding on to things (improving his grasp)

1 comment:

  1. Wow! It is so neat to hear about all he can do. Keep up the good work Luca.
    Nana Walker

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