Taylor Therapy Pictures

I thought I would add some photos of Taylor doing her therapy. This is about 8 hours a week for her, so it's a big part of her life. We also do a lot of her exercises at home too. Susan, her therapist, is the gal in the pictures with Taylor.

This is Taylor practicing taking weight on her hands - she is looking at her favorite farm book.

In this picture, Taylor is practicing taking weight on her hands and practicing catching herself if she falls (protective reflexes). Her favorite singing cow is entertaining her.

Taylor loves to play ball. She loves to roll the ball to someone and it's a great way for her to work on getting her arms straight and using her hands.

This is the worst exercise ever. She really does not like to have her shoulders stretched. They are tight and each therapy session we spend about 10-15 minutes just loosening up her shoulders so she has more mobility with her arms and hands.

She likes to do this more. In fact, these pictures are about 2 weeks old and she doesn't even do this exercise as much anymore. She's working on balancing on the roll, while keeping her hands on the balls. Her tendency is to curl her arms up in the fetal position, when they need to be down so she can play or catch herself. You might not know it, but we're helping her develop a new brain pathway so her arms naturally stay down. She is looking at beaded necklaces to distract her (she likes to choose with her eyes which color goes on a big baby doll). You can see she is working hard now because she has stripped down to a T-shirt.


This is a fun new skill but a little scary. She's practicing standing up from a seated position, while bracing herself with her hands. You can see her magic shoes (pink velcro) partway down her legs. This is hard work for her, but she loves to stand. She's also working on sitting down when she's tired, instead of falling over.

Now the fun part, she loves to stand and play. She loves to listen to the music on this piano. "La Cucaraca" plays and she wiggles/dances to the music. As you can see, she works really hard. Her next exercise is practicing walking, but my pictures are too sad (she looks exhausted), so I'll wait to post some once she is a little fresher.

Thought you might enjoy a little more insight into her therapy sessions. I'm sure you're impressed by our hard worker!!