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lollardfish) wrote2009-03-24 05:23 pm
lollardfish) wrote2009-03-24 05:23 pm
On the brighter side!
And just when I was feeling really burned out and exhausted, I decided to take Nico out on his scooter and we'd go-go-go for awhile. We went a half a mile (according to google maps), from my house down to the train tracks, with Nico going-going-going all the way. He's a sprinter and suddenly runs out of gas, and then I carry him for awhile, possibly all the way. But for whatever reason, I decided to see if he'd walk with me holding his hands and pushing the toy ahead of us.
Step-step-step PUSH. Step-step-step PUSH. Good times.
But THEN I got him to hold onto the back of the scooter and walk without me touching him! We've been trying to get him interested in push toys since August, with no success. But today ... we took a few steps. Then I carried him for awhile, before spending quite a few minutes walking around pushing his scooter, laughing all the way (ho ho ho).
I have 6 second of crappy video as he wasn't really stable and it worked better when I stablized the scooter so he didn't push too fast and forget his feet.
When we got back and I sat him down and faced him with green beans and pasta, he started to cry. I added a small segment of graham cracker and a little "veggie booty" (puffed corn/spinach). He hate those then put the noodle and beans in a little bowl to "clean up." And that's dinner. I am resisting giving him yoghurt or fruit, although he's going to be pretty cranky as a result.
So no solutions, but closer to walking. This three months of deteriorating food norms could easily be a "touch point" in which other things break down as he works on walking. Which would be an explanation but not a system for dealing with it.
Step-step-step PUSH. Step-step-step PUSH. Good times.
But THEN I got him to hold onto the back of the scooter and walk without me touching him! We've been trying to get him interested in push toys since August, with no success. But today ... we took a few steps. Then I carried him for awhile, before spending quite a few minutes walking around pushing his scooter, laughing all the way (ho ho ho).
I have 6 second of crappy video as he wasn't really stable and it worked better when I stablized the scooter so he didn't push too fast and forget his feet.
When we got back and I sat him down and faced him with green beans and pasta, he started to cry. I added a small segment of graham cracker and a little "veggie booty" (puffed corn/spinach). He hate those then put the noodle and beans in a little bowl to "clean up." And that's dinner. I am resisting giving him yoghurt or fruit, although he's going to be pretty cranky as a result.
So no solutions, but closer to walking. This three months of deteriorating food norms could easily be a "touch point" in which other things break down as he works on walking. Which would be an explanation but not a system for dealing with it.
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K. [PS: go Nico, go!]