Friday, December 5, 2008

Hippotherapy and D D D Dora , Dora ....



Who's that handsome boy on that horse ?? Sebastian , of course ! Today was Sebastian's first run at hippotherapy (aka horse therapy) and he did fabulous !! I was proud of him ! At Miss Jane (his OT) worked with him he put him helmet on and got to meet Mickey , the pony he would be riding. Sebastian wasn't too sure about getting on Mickey and put up just enough fuss that Miss Jane had to get a extra set of hands to help out with riding. Once he got on , did a bit of riding and was allowed to shoot some hoops he was a happy boy !
While on the horse they have the kids do a range of various activities such as throwing balls in a basketball hoop, hitting a ball with a bat and riding in different positions.
After about half an hour of great therapy Miss Jane and Sebastian headed indoors to work on steps and a few other fun things which he thought was wonderful ! When it was time to leave Sebastian refused to leave and it took three adults to "convince" him to go out the door, lol. Now he keeps asking " Go see horsies ?" LOL

Later in the evening we went out to dinner where we were informed by his highness that he was wanted pancakes , just curious we tempted him with grilled cheese, mac n' cheese and even chicken nuggets... Nope... pancakes...lol So yes, he got his pancakes and even some sausage that he ate every bite of - most of which with a fork.

Before heading home we had to stop off at the store for a few odds and ends. At this peticular store they have these awesome car shapes carts you can rent for a dollar and it has a little TV inside that plays different cartoons. The one we got played The Backyardigans, Wonderpets and Dora the Explorer. The first cartoon was Dora and after it went off Sebastian complained and wanted it back on, unfortunately it is just plays on a loop so Dora was done for the time. Once it cycled back to Dora the Explorer Sebastian was one happy little dude ! He was talking back to it and just having a grand ole' time.
One the ride home , approx 40 minutes or so , we were entertained by Sebastian who chattered about Dora the entire ride. It went something like this:
"Where's Boots? Swiper swiping no, say backpack " ( To which we would sing the backpack song) " There's Map, Strawberry Hill, Boots, Dora , No swiping Swiper, Backpack , say backpack."

As I was getting him out of his car seat to go in the house he looks at me all serious and says "Dora on TV" I told him no Dora tonight but we would try to find Dora on TV tomorrow.... Guess I need to bust out my own little map and find Dora seems like we have a Dora fan on our hands , lol.

4 comments:

grettawalters said...

Just a little FYI....Dora comes on Mon-Fri at 10:30 AM on Nickelodeon! The only way I know this is because fall asleep to Spongebob after working, and get woken up by Dora's Backpack song :)

Jennifer and Elizabeth said...

Hey Sebastian you look great on the horse. I'm glad you enjoyed your therapy so much.

E loves Blue's Clues and Doddlebops, but hasn't really got into Dora much. Her sister loved Dora though.

Christy said...

That's great that he gets to do horse therapy. I've heard really great things about it. Also, love his SMO's. Harlie just got her second pair last week. The last ones only had one strap b/c they were so small, this time there's two straps like Sebastian's. She walks SO much better with them on, too.

Thanks for your comments on my blog. It really does make a difference to know I have some support.

Oh, and glad he's talking like he is. That's awesome!

hugs,
~Christy

barbara said...

Hi,
Its great to read about how hippotherapy is helping Sebastian. I want to share the info about hippotherapy on my site and blog. I am always interested in guest bloggers and photos that I can use to start new discussions about treatment activities. Please feel free to share-
Thanks,
Barbara Smith OTR/L
horseot.cm
horseot.blogspot.com