overflexible

Brooks had a doctors appointment, an x-ray and a physical therapy appointment today. For an adult that would be one heck of a day, for an 8 month old, it was utterly exhausting.

It started with me thinking about how he hadn't made progress this past month in the area of crawling or even what I would term crawling readiness. He despises being put up on all fours, makes no attempt at getting his knees up underneath him or working himself into a sitting position.

The physical therapist noted that he lacks muscle tone in his shoulders and his shoulder blades seem to slip and slide a little too much. His hip joints and ankles are "overflexible" and overflexibility is the opposite of stability. It seems these things are making him unable to support himself in a crawling position. Finally, he has an asymmetrical crease on his inner thigh, which may be an indicator or it may be absolutely nothing at all.

The x-rays showed nothing of concern, however the doctor and physical therapist are wanting to monitor him pretty closely. I've been given some exercises to work with him on, so we will do those and do a lot of praying too.

I ask for your prayers for little Brooks. We sure love him so.