Assessments Begin...

Gabe had his 1st assessment on the 20th April, where they basically just asked us alot of questions with regards to his health, eating habits, sleep and activities. Gabe was pretty well behaved that day, playing with the toys while the psychologist played with him while asking us questions. She says his response is very good. Hehe and as usual, everyone fawned over his lovely hair.

Today, 23rd April, was the assessment with the physical therapist. He had a nice work out today, while she gave him many musical toys to play with and see his response. He did a great job, shaking all the toys really hard and even kicking his legs happily and grabbing things from one hand to the other. She had some exercises and moves to help him try sit and go into crawl positions. She says he did really well, being able to sit supported for a long time and his legs are good, moving all the time. All these will help him to learn to sit and crawl faster with therapy. Gabe was well behaved, smiling to her after awhile and he didn't fuss much too. Was surprised coz i expected him to be screaming away. Guess all the toys had him.

So after the 45mins session she told us that he will need therapy twice a month and will start after he has been evaluated by the doctor on 22nd May. Yes, evaluations after evaluations...more to come. And just yesterday we finally went to Babies R Us to get him a chair. I was sick of him lying on the mattress rolling around. I needed and wanted him to progress. I mean he could already roll like nobody's business, so i though we had better move along since he has weak ab muscles which affects him sitting ability. Initially i wanted the great Bumbo chair coz of all the great reviews it had....But as you will see in the pics, after Gabe tried the chair and nearly fell out, i decided nope..this isn't a good choice for him.

So in the end we settled on a comfy, blow-up chair which after we tried when we got home, i knew it was perfect. It fits him well and provides good support to his back..And Gabe is very pleased too, trying it out playing with his playstation...sat like a king playing with the dangling toys:)

Oh..and specially for Xiao Yi...we bought the Market-O brownies liao...low calorie food usually dun taste too good huh...Mummy tried it and well, it's so-so only lor...nothing to hoo hah...if really no snack to eat or really on diet then i guess this will do...but Xiao-yi since u so fat liao, i tink u can skip it all together...no point wasting 100kcal ..ahahahahah

Bumbo seat: For the first few minutes was OK...then he fell forward

If this is gonna be his position in the Bumbo,then nope...it ain;t gonna do.

The much better blow-up seat...so comfy...yay!!

Today's Therapy, Gabe hard at work

Market-O Choc Brownies @ just 100 cal per piece....Anyone wants?