No more Physical Therapy!

Exciting times!! As many of you know I have been taking Ella to physical therapy on Wednesday mornings every week for her torticollis. She actually enjoys it--there are always a lot of cool toys to play with and cute kids to look at--but I have mostly just thought it was a pain. Beyond the weekly PT sessions, I have had to do a TON of stretches with her every day. The instructions were to do 3-5 reps of each stretch (there are 2) at every diaper change (about 6-7 times per day). Well, she hates the stretches. . .not because they hurt her (I don't think) but because she hates being forced one way or another (much like her momma). I even got creative on multiple occasions and tried to "trick" her into doing the stretches without realizing it. It worked a time or two, but fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, I do not have a dumb baby. She may have been fooled once. . .but she never fell for the same trick twice! Needless to say, since she hates them so much, I have come to loathe them as well. Regardless, I have still done them faithfully! But, at our physical therapy session this morning I was told that she has made so much progress that I no longer have to do the stretches with her and I no longer have to bring her into PT!! All I have to do is play with her, encourage her to use her neck muscles on the weaker side, keep an eye on it and make sure I don't notice any regression. Hooray!! I am so excited. . .and I am sure Ella will appreciate it as well (that is what really matters after all).