ABM for Cerebral Palsy

ABM for Cerebral Palsy - Trip 2

I am beyond excited as I write this post tonight. I am also very exhausted from our trip, so please forgive any spelling errors!

We just returned from our weekend trip for Landon's Anat Baniel Method (ABM) lessons. This waawas 2nd time of traveling for these, and it was an amazing trip! Amazing in the sense of Landon's progress - we had some other hiccups that occurred this weekend, but we survived!

Our first visit was a month ago. Landon wasn't fully interested in toys, but highly into cell phones. We had to interest him with those a great deal of the time and that was frustrating. He also was a lot fussier.

This time, he was a completely different kid. Even Samm (our ABM lady) commented on it. He was very into toys and much happier. He seemed to cooperate more as well.

At one point, she had him sitting on a little stool and he was reaching down into a basket and picking out toys, neither of which he'd done previously - it was great!

He was still fairly cranky when we got home from his schedule being off, but we put him down on the floor to play for a bit before bed. He caught a glimpse of my phone and he army crawled for it! The first time he's even army crawled! I was so excited for it that I text Samm right away!

I had prayed for progress and for him to become mobile, and this is my first glimpse of it. I am so excited for what this may mean for him, and I'm anxious to see what he builds from it.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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