Willem's Hippo Therapy

Willem's third therapy is hippo therapy which he as been doing since he has been a year 1/2. Yes, horse back riding before he could walk. The intention was, is, to strenghten his core muscles so that he can walk!! In the beginning he would cry or fall asleep on the horse but now he really enjoys riding. They have him play simon says while riding as well as face him backwards. It seems to be working BUT again with every thing we have done it is always hard to know how all would be if say we never started this. It does fall under the category of his occupational therapy in general his fine motor skills have been good for some time. BUT larger tasks have always been harder. At 2 3/4 years old he still is unable to figure out how to open a door and has a hard time with toys that have tasks of opening and closing. But is good at stacking blocks,playing at his train table and putting puzzle pieces together!!

Willem riding DUDE earlier this month!