My son who is 3.5 was diagnosed with mild cp earlier this year and has a pair of orthotic boots as he has a typical hemiplegic gait, it is his left side that is affected. Before he got the boots he was pretty good at walking for a good period of time. For example, walking around the zoo with an occasional sit down or a piggy back. Now he seems to tire very easily, he will walk for 10-15 minutes and then not want to walk anymore and he is also stopping to rub the front of both thighs often. It's hard to ask him what is wrong as he does have speech difficulties. He's seeing the OT and physio in 2 weeks but I'm just wondering if this is what usually happens and if he will regain his stamina etc. as time goes on. He's had the boots for 5 weeks so far.
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