Titiwangsa & others

Titiwangsa

Slides:
- still keen which also means he himself will want to crawl/climb whatever obstacle to get to the slide. As a result, he climbed more steps today.
- He climbed up the wrong way to get to the top of the baby slides & shorter tunnel slides, which is good for his achilles tendon, gastroc muscles etc.
- He's a bit bolder now & went down a tunnel slide with 1 1/2 twists by himself, without prompting!

Swing: been sometime since he sat on the swing. I showed him how to pump himself to get the swing moving, but he didnt try it, just observed my legs.

Long suspension bridge
- still likes it! A tiny bit better in getting up & down each level of the platform, though I still have to help him - e.g. he bends his knee more readily when coming down & when going up, his leg is placed a bit more in front of him instead of slightly to the side.
- yesterday he walked backwards on the bridge (moonwalking tribute to MJ!?)

Short suspension bridge: I increased the challenge by bouncing up & down on it to get it more shaky (cos that's how it'd be like if there were kids running past him). Good that he didnt lose his balance.

Spinning tops: He was a bit better on it today. Phew. It's also good for strecthing his legs (to help in opening up his stride).

Monkey bar slide: he didnt want to do it today

Suspended balance beam: once or twice towards the end of the beam, he managed to place his foot one in front of the other instead of squeezing them side by side. Hope he does it more cos that'll help get a more narrow based gait instead of broad based now.

Rock climbing:
- surprised he wanted to do it ! 1st time ever! And not just on 1 set, but went up 2 sets! I had never asked/prompted him to try it. Helped him with his footing, but was otherwise able to get up.

Visit to great grandma's
- Had a bit of time before lunch, so squeezed in a short visit to his great grandma's.
- realised there that he poo poo, so washed him. Poor thing, he must have been at the playground all the time with that icky feeling cos he did smell a bit when we got there but just thought he passed wind.
- he spoke a few words (e.g. thank you, purple, don't want) that were audible & intelligible enough for grandaunt to understand. Hooray!

Smell
- I taught him the 'thumbs up' sign for good last week. 2 days ago, taught him the thumbs down for bad. Today, after he passed wind (kentut), he said: kentut...smell BAD (with thumbs down sign!) So funny!

Cranial Sacral Therapy
- his therapist noted the front of his skull was slowly opening up a little. Not so sharp looking.
- he played with some toys that helps with fine motor & hand eye (click clack & chunky foam animal puzzle)
- In preparation of the NeuroSuit therapy, I learnt to massage him: up & down the sides of his spine, shoulders, shoulder blades, arms, legs & hip. He was so ticklish esp arms & shoulder blade. He complained towards the end...but he was ok lah.

Hair cut
- hair getting long, weather so hot, scrathing his head more often ... time for hair cut!
- thankfully he can still fit in his small bathtub, while I cut his hair. Gave him beakers to fill & pour. It's good for wrist movement & crossing the midline (told him that if he wants to pour the water out of the bathtub, he has to pour it in the pail I placed on his left - he's right handed)
- handsome now!

Garden hose
- I had diarohea this evening, so didnt take him for evening exercise.
- he helped with watering the plants, using the garden hose. Good for hand eye, arm movements.

Mega bloks
Didnt have time to build structures but played with it as follows:
- tried to unzip the bag, but couldnt. It's ok, it's the first time with this bag. Just needs more practice
- right hand took out individual pieces from the bag & placed it on the swing, while counting out loud & placing it in separate groups according to colour (speech, fine motor, sorting), I also got him to stretch by moving the swing a little further away each time.
- left hand put back all the pieces at the end (no counting)