We brought Noa's walker with us on this trip because she has been doing so well with it lately, but some of the stuff was doing on this trip was totally new. In this clip, you can see Noa experimenting with balance and reaching without any assistance from me. I'm spotting the walker, but I'm not stopping it.
As you can see, when Noa tips the walker to the side (and she seems to tip it as far as she can!) she figures out how to counter herself with the other side of the walker so she doesn't lose her balance. This is really big because balance has been a big issue for Noa. When she is holding onto our hands and walking she tends to find her balance by pulling on our arms (so she isn't finding her balance by putting her weight into her feet). The walker helps her to do that, and now that she is controlling it herself, she is doing it in a way that she hasn't been able to before.
What is really cool is the very immediate affect his has had on nearly all her movement. She seems to be more free and easy and comfortable with her movements. Noa has always been slightly "high tone" - meaning that her muscles tend to be tense and rigid, esp. in her legs. When she would lose her balance she would just fall over like a plank. Suddenly we're seeing a significant change in this!
In other news, Noa really did a lot of reaching out for things this weekend (a bit of a hazard at the dining table actually). Her reaching was usually pretty specific: in other words, she seemed to see things and want to reach out for them. She also seemed to be visually interested in some of her toys - esp. a yellow book that plays music, which my folks got her. She can sit with for long periods just turning pages and seems to look at it. I'll try to get some video of that. She also loved relating to everyone - especially getting Grampy and Grammy to kiss her (they pretty much followed her directions). She showed a much higher tolarance for the many new toys she got. So all in all, it was a terrific trip!
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