Head control

I've been talking about head control a lot lately. It's one of the things we are working hard on right now. It will open so many doors for Matthew. And most of the time we work on head control in the sitting position either in the corner of the room or with me holding him on the floor. We've now added his stander to the routine. Also, he spends some tummy time on my tummy...so we're face to face...in the recliner. It gives him incentive to look up if he has something to look at. The other night though, I decided to put him flat on the floor to see if he could overcome gravity. Prior to this, he was always on a wedge or some sort of incline.

Boy was I surprised with the results.
The following pictures were taken in succession over a period of about 90 or so seconds.
I will also preface these pictures by telling you that Matthew is stronger on his left than his right side. Hence the leaning.

Starting to go up: Eyes looking up I guess to see where he's going???

A little farther up....REALLY starting to lean

All the way up...and starting to correct the "lean"

Getting tired and starting to bring his head down.

He's been able to lift his head off the ground (although not quite that far and definately not that long) but he always use to just let it plop when he got tired. This time he ever so slowly let it back down.

I think maybe our hard work and determination may be starting to pay off.