Since Megan was tiny, she was never much of a belly-lover. She'd tolerate being on her stomach for short periods of time, but never very long. She also never really seemed to master rolling over. As she got older, those two traits seemed to lead into her struggles with transitions. She learned to sit on time, but unless she could reach what she wanted by stretching as far as she possibly could, she'd just ignore it. She never did any sort of locomotion on the floor at all. She didn't scoot, slither, crawl or roll. In fact, when we tried to help her do any of those things, she'd cry like she was in pain.
So when we went to the doctor for her one-year check-up, the doctor recommended we have her evaluated for physical therapy. She was already taking her first steps, but if she fell down, there she'd stay. If she was laying down, she'd stay there, too. (In a way it was kind of nice...she couldn't really get into any trouble either!)
She was evaluated by the county Birth-to-Three program. She was 3-6 months ahead in her development in all areas except for her large motor skills. Those more closely resembled a 7-9 month old. That meant she qualified for services.
A physical therapist came to our house once a week all summer long. She'd work with her on different strengthening exercises and give us activities to work on with her between visits.
Megan's progress was amazing. In a matter of two months, she has accomplished all of her goals. She gets from laying to sitting, crawls, rolls, pulls to standing and climbs up stairs all on her own. I don't know whether she just hit a physical developmental milestone or if the therapist was some sort of a miracle worker, but I never would have guessed she'd come so far so fast. Now the therapist is only going to meet with her once a month. Our goals are to work on getting to standing in the middle of the room (without using furniture or a person to pull to standing) and creeping backwards down stairs.
