Ryder is Making Big Progress

Today the physical therapist came for our normal weekly appointment, but she had some very good news for us this time. She said that Ryder is now doing what an average 14 month old should be doing when it comes to gross motor skills. This means he will no longer require weekly physical therapy so it has been changed to once a month! So she will come once in November and once in December and then he has his formal re-evaluation in December. At that point she thinks he will probably not need PT at all! She said that if he hits 18-19 months and isn't walking unassisted then she might start to come a few times again just to help with that. We think that after his re-evaluation he will be done with PT (or maybe just monthly), have OT the same (once every other month just to check progress), and have speech more often (maybe twice a month). Originally they had told us that speech usually increases after they turn 1, but we will have to see what the evaluation says. This is just so exciting for us to hear that Ryder has pretty much caught up to the average 14 month old in most areas.