Callie & Emma Updates

The girls had an appointment this morning to be evaluted by a doctor to see if they needed any therapy.

Both girls will receive some occupational therapy and Emma will receive a little bit of physical therapy.

Neither were in really bad shape, but a few things can be done to make things easier on them later. Callie's skills are right where they need to be (sitting, picking things up, transferring them from hand to hand, etc.). But, she gets rather stiff when she's being picked up - it's like she's not comfortable with being picked up. They can do some things to help that...nothing major.

Emma needs a little bit of help with some of her milestones...she's not as interested in picking things up and transferring them from hand to hand - unless she's REALLY interested in it. :) She also is still having trouble sitting up (again, not behind in her milestones - just behind Callie). The dr said her hamstrings were tight and that was prohibiting her from sitting as well as she could.

We're probably only looking at 3-4 months of therapy. We go for our first session on October 14. We'll find out more than what all will be involved. We meet with this doctor again in January...hopefully, after that, we won't need too much more. We know Emma will need some speech therapy later on and that will be re-evaluated then. She said that since Emma's making sounds now, there's no need for speech at this point.

Our doctor also has a set of twins, so she's very familiar with the way they can be...very different and/or very alike. Our girls are very different. :)

If we can do things now to prevent future problems, then we'll do all we can. The girls are in good shape, but just need a little guidance. :)