Gabriel's new trick is to be more involved in his bottle time. He has started to take his free hand (we feed him on his side, so one hand is usually under him) and push/grab/paw at the bottle. The feeding therapist told us this is a good thing since it is the precursor to the behavior of eventually holding the bottle himself. Therefore, we let him do it. But just like your two-year-old wanting to "help" with the dishes....it isn't that helpful. But it is good to see him developing new, corrected age appropriate behaviors.
His other trick is to push off with his feet when he's being held. This led to Thomas naming the behavior "playing launchpad" and now all I can think of is Launchpad McQuack. So, I guess he earned himself a new nickname. He is quite strong and can get himself into some pretty awkward positions for both him and us doing this. Hence the appropriateness of the nickname. Launchpad wasn't exactly known for his precision flying...
In other news, we got the results from his therapy evaluation last week. Most of his behaviors are appropriate for a 2-month old which is right around his corrected age. This means he's on track developmentally, he is just overall weak in the muscular developmental area which was expected. He will have both physical and feeding/speech therapy, and if we can strengthen his muscles, that should improve his feeding behavior as well. The one area where he is tracking closer to his chronological age of 6-months is social skills. Those the cute baby smiles are right on target. :)
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