Keeping up with a curious, growing baby is a struggle for even the fittest moms, which is why some people have their doubts when a paralyzed woman decides to have a baby. Despite not being able to move from the chest down, however, this woman is proving the world that being a good mom has nothing to do with her ability to walk.
In 2010, Rachelle Friedman was celebrating her bachelorette party with her closest friends just weeks before her wedding. Her best friend playfully pushed her into the pool, but instead of coming back up to the surface and laughing about it, Rachelle hit the bottom of the pool head first and broke her neck.
Instead of wallowing in self-pity, Rachelle refused to let her injury stop her from living her life. She joined a wheelchair rugby league, took up surfing, and still married her soulmate who stuck by her through the challenging time.
Rachelle and her husband Chris refuse to let the injury hold them back, and with the help of a surrogate, the two became parents to their precious daughter Kaylee last year.
As a 1-year-old, Kaylee has been getting more and more mobile each day, and while she can’t learn from watching mom walk, she has learned to hold on to the back of Rachelle’s wheelchair for support as she practices standing and walking.
“She got a lot of practice holding on to the back of my chair. She would pull up and hold on to the wheel, and then walk to the back and hold on to the bar in the back. My wheelchair was good practice for her. She would basically push my wheelchair. It was so cool she learned how to do that,” Rachelle said.
Watch the entire video below to see the clever way this 1-year-old is learning how to walk thanks to her mom.
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Paralyzed Mom Uses Her Wheelchair To Teach Baby How To Walk is an article from: LifeDaily