20 months old and she finally walked!!! I am so excited! Last night, Elena was leaning again the wall, standing up. Her cane was leaning against the wall too. She found her cane and suddenly decided to let go of the wall. She stood for at least 5 seconds just making sure she could do it. She was totally stable. Then she walked about 4 steps to the couch. I couldn't believe it! And I had left the camera upstairs!! I was so excited that I put her back to the wall, hoping she'd do it again. She let go of the wall again, this time for about 10-15 seconds but she didn't walk.
After waiting for like 10-15 minutes and doing everything I could to motivate her to come to me, she still wouldn't walk again. I decided that was good for tonight and we'd try tomorrow. As we were walking to her chair so she could have dinner, she started walking and standing by herself again! She only did a few steps at a time and she walked in circles but it was awesome. She no longer had an interest in food so we walked up and down the living room for like 30 minutes. She stilled used my help a lot but she also did quite a bit on her own. She even laughed while walking and threw a fit when I made her stop.
I am SO proud of her! Hopefully she continues with this and doesn't get scared and quit. She has another physical therapy appointment in 2 weeks. If she continues like she's doing there's not telling what she'll be doing in 2 weeks!!
Oh I almost forgot to say, as long as Elena had her cane in her hand, she would walk. It didn't even have to be touching to floor. She just had to be holding it. I guess the cane gives her the confidence she needs. :D
