First Steps!

Nope, Tess STILL is not walking.  Which is why we have called in the good people from First Steps to help us out.

Tess had her evaluation today and the therapists decided that Tess has low muscle tone.  And because of this she's super-duper-crazy flexible. And because of these two things, it's gonna be harder for her to learn to stand and walk than for other babies.  (They couldn't say if this is why she scoots more than crawls.  It might be that she decided to scoot because she had low muscle tone, but then again, she might have low muscle tone because she decided to scoot instead of crawl.  Hardly matters at this point.)

So they have decided that Tess will have a therapist come and work with her until we have this girl moving.  We joked before that Tess was just unmotivated and lazy, but she did things today that she never did with Lance and I!  So we know that she's willing to work and try things - just not for mom and dad.  This is actually fairly common in babies/toddlers.  (Lance and I figured this before, but it's nice to have it confirmed by professionals.)

So, time to start workin', Tess!  We're gonna work those muscles and get you strong and get you moving!

And in a few months, the next time I post about first steps it will be about Tess actually taking her first steps!