Tess Workout

We have to wait a week or two to get the First Steps therapy sessions set up.  But in the meantime I was told about several exercises we could have Tess do to help her increase her muscle tone.

One of them is to have her sit on this step stool and then have her bend down to pick things up.  I have discovered that the only thing she will consistently bend down to pick up is fruit snacks.   There are worse things she could demand, so I happily oblige.

Notice she has a fruit snack in each hand.

We also practice standing to sitting and sitting to standing.  She doesn't like these exercises as much because they actually require work.  She flopped away as soon as she could and Thing 3 quickly took her place.  Geez, from this picture it looks like Thing 3 has a drinking problem.

We also have her stand with her back to the couch.  If she stands with her tummy to the couch she knows she can easily flop down on her bum, but this way it's a face forward proposition - a bit scarier.

You want some of my fruit snacks, Cole?  I don't think so!!

She'll stand here for a good long while, as long as I keep her distracted.  But eventually she decides she's tired of standing and flops down and scoots away.

Not quite the Insanity workouts, but close!  (In Tess's mind, at least!)