Kintropy In Action

This is Hannah in the Rifton Pacer. Currently we use it as a stander since she never seems to want to take a step in it. We can coax her sometimes. She has her back brace on, and she usually has on feet braces. They cracked three weeks ago, so we are waiting on reordered ones. I prefer to put her in bare feet while we don't have them so I can see what she is doing with her weight. Sometimes I loosely tie a scarf in a figure eight around her ankles to keep her from spreading her legs too far apart.

The reason her head is up is that she is watching Sesame Street. It works as a great timeline for me because it is an hour long show. It is great show for her because she loves it and doesn't complain because I only let her watch it if she is working.

The past two weeks instead of collapsing in my arms when I take her out of it, she has let me walk her to the family room. The way I do this is to stand her in front of me while I hold her below the arms. While I step, I help her move her legs with mine. When she stops bearing weight, I encourage her to rest a moment or guide her to the ground to save my back.

It is a day-to-day battle. But I am seeing progress.

--Mom