25 and 26

Week 25 - Rufus is on the move, well sort of. He’s got the 360 turn around sorted and has started to  occasionally push up with his legs on to his knees. He’s very determined and proud of himself, looks to us for appreciation and a smile of encouragement to which he will broadly smile back. He does still get easily frustrated and can be quite quick to moan when things aren’t going the way he wants. 

Week 26 - a bit of another bumpy week, it feels like we have a lot of those. One thing I learnt was that if I play his playlist in the car when he is grizzly, he will actually stop. His playlist consists of a lot of quieter songs, Avril 14th by Aphex Twin, Hercules by Aaron Neville, Fairplay by Van Morrison, Dawn Chorus by Thom Yorke. Things that I’ve played to him at home a bit when it’s just us and he seems to like it.

Also he is sitting for small amounts of time, he prefers someone to be behind him but can do it for a little bit on his own.