Claire wasn't sure this was a good thing when she saw her new AFO's but when Mr. Jim started putting them on, she decided to help! Maybe it's an "if you can't beat um, join um" attitude......or maybe she just likes to think she has some control! Then she was all smiles about her new sneakers! This kid takes after her Daddy! She wants to try on every pair in the stores...unfortunately, none of those fit, so to have an actual pair of shoes to wear just made her day! It may even have been worth getting up an hour early for!
Of course, they are so big to accommodate the AFOs that she acted like he put cement blocks......or clown shoes on her! She would stand and not move, but just look! Then she would smile at Mr. Jim....'cause I think she loved those shoes on her feet! About that time, Claire saw Mrs. Denise coming through the door..............with some kind of child torture device! At least that is the way she reacted to what she saw! Mrs. Denise had a small walker in her hands and a pair of toddler forearm crutches. Claire took one look and screamed "NO"! You never saw a kid move so fast to get into my arms! Good thing Mrs. Denise is used to kids reacting to her that way!!! Well, she is the mean lady that makes them do hard stuff.....and brings torture devices! Actually, she is great and we love her already....okay, Paul and I love her. Claire is still undecided....today, not so much!
Twenty minutes later and after several demonstrations from Isabel proving that the "torture chamber" really wouldn't hurt and..................................Claire still wasn't having it! So, we left her alone. She eventually crawled over to it.....and allowed me to stand her up in it......but as soon as she realized that we wanted her to "WALK" with it, she freaked out! Really, as soon as she realized that she was touching it was when she began to freak, never mind the walking part! That just added to her anxiety! Good grief!
This picture was snapped right as she stood up. If the photographer had gotten the picture in the next second, you would have seen her look up in horror and begin to scream "NO, NO, NO"......again! We decided not to push it.
She loved walking up and down between her bars with her new shoes! So, that's something. In the mean time, the walker is waiting until she's ready. It took four months to get her to go in a bath tub willingly, people! This could take a while!
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Sweet little baby, she's been so accepting of most of this, hasn't she? After a little protest, she just says "Oh well."
I'm betting she won't stay away from the walker as long as she did the tub. She wants to get up and moving so badly, she'll figure out that's the way to make it happen. Then you'll be chasing her through the grocery store!
You know, y'all need to come to town for Thanksgiving or something so we can meet Miss Claire!
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