Currently Dallas is walking doing well. However, since she has little and very weak core muscles she walks with her belly sticking out. Her back is very arched and her belly muscles are stretched so they unable to be used much. She's got brand now braces that have a wedge on the heel that makes her lean forward so that her knees are not hyperextended. The PT thought that caused a lot of the problem with her walking like that. I have noticed these new braces are a little harder for her to walk in. The wants to walk with her knees like that but these braces won't allow it and so it's taking time for her to get used to these new ones. I will post a picture of them. they go all the way up to her knee but I got to shop for some cute kicks to go with the braces. The orthotics specialist that made these braces say they can order shoes to go with them through a company called "keeping pace" they make wider shoes but they run about $50. So I went to journeys for kids and looked at DC Shoe company, Vans and ended up with Osisris shoes. All skate shoes, but they tend to run wider than other shoes and fit well over the braces. The wedge on the back made it a lot harder to find a shoe that fit but I found one with a high top so her braces wouldn't fall out the the shoes as easy upon walking.
her cute new braces, the wedges are made of cork they are a little hard to see
these are the osiris' her braces fit right inside
Her weak muscles also create another problem. Mouth weakness. She has a very hard time talking. She can't pucker her lips so all those sounds are very hard for her to create. She is in speech therapy to help her talk. Being almost 3 years and hardly saying any words or intelligible words is a bit frustrating. We have a lot of communication frustration. Sign works really well and if classes are available for that go for it!!! However, she prefers to talk I just can't understand more than half of what she's saying and we only know a few signs. She loves the therapist they play games and practice sounds, name pictures she has a ball. They also teach me how to teach her so I have a little homework to do every day but she's making progress hope we can get her talking by kindergarten!!
She's on disability medicaid and have some insurance through her dad's work that cover the speech therapy. With all the appointments we have we are sooo grateful for the disability medicaid. There is no way we could afford all the Dr's bills. She stills sees specailists, therapist's of all sorts several times a month and I don't think that will slow down anytime soon.
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