and, we have a walker!

We continued the physical therapy weekly up to 2 weeks ago. Honestly, prior to that appointment Eric and I had doubts about whether PT was helping, or time was, but we could see slow and steady progress. On Sept 8th, the daycare teachers said Tyler had taken 5-6 steps 3 times that day. Friday, the 9th, he took steps on his own and got up to 11! That weekend he did take some steps at home but not anywhere near 11. Grammy Kay watched him Saturday night for us so we could go out and celebrate our anniversary, and she worked with him too. Then that next week he was walking all over the place! He still prefers to crawl, or knee-walk, even 2 weeks later, but he's getting more and more steady every day with walking. He's also learned how to stand up without pulling up on anything.

Apparently that is all they were waiting for at daycare to move him to the next room. He moves to 1b (same schedule, different teachers) on Oct 3rd. They started keeping the tables & chairs out all the time (they used to bring them out for meals/snacks only), and Tyler loves to sit in a chair during the day.

Speaking of moves, I have a new role at work and start in that role tomorrow! I am going from being a people manager to being a project manager. I have been a team manager for 6+ years now so it is time. My work will be demanding in a different way, and my schedule will be much more flexible. I'm very excited about the new adventure!

Tyler had his 18-month appointment in early September. Everything went well, and as expected he did not like the shots. As a matter of fact, he told them "bye bye" rather insistently, through tears. As far as his growth, he is on track, right around where he normally is. He was ahead in his communication skills and on the late end with walking (technically he would still be 'normal' up to 19.5 months since he was 6 weeks early).

We've continued the Gymboree Play & Music classes and have fallen into a habit of going to Bob Evans for breakfast after. He seems to enjoy breakfast there (a pancake) and eats more and more each time. Usually by the time we get home after that he's ready for a nap, although this past week he was snoozing before we got to Bob Evans, so he was up for going to a couple of stores and then came home to nap. We have a couple more classes and will probably not renew after that.

So now we'll be working on his continued progress on walking, towards running, and then it'll be on to our next milestone.