Abby Time: Nesting

We've been having a sick week this week. Not so much fun. They have not been sleeping well nor napping well. Mostly Alyssa since she was the sickest. She got so tired, she walked over to the stairs and gave me the "sleep" sign. And she took a nap. I was so happy she finally slept and so proud that she knew she was tired and communicated it with me.

So then I had some great one-on-one time with Abby. We practiced nesting cups. She lost focus a lot so we also played with the discovery bottles and the easter eggs. She was doing awesome. She figured out how to nest two cups. We used a set of nesting barrels. I kept one half of each barrel and gave her the other halves, so I could demonstrate with identical looking cups. Eventually we added in a third cup and she did a little nesting with them too - but only got all three in if I held the bottom red cup in place. She made a lot of progress though and was so happy with herself - we celebrate every time she nested the cups.

She also was a little more thoughtful with the eggs. She still likes to play with the egg carton a lot. She was interested in opening and closing it and even putting some eggs in (and then shaking them out). She figured out that the eggs pull open and had a fun time doing that. Then she put the eggs in and out of the wicker basket. She let go of the toys, put a few eggs in without taking them out, and took them back out.

I was so pleased. Abby was doing a lot of the things that her therapist and I were talking about this week.  - Things she hasn't really done much of. Her focus is still poor, but it was so much better than when Alyssa is playing with us. Abby gets very distracted by whatever her sister is doing. And frankly, I think I get too distracted, too.

Quick Thoughts:

• I love one-on-one time. I need to figure out a way to do this more frequently - not just the rare occasion when only one naps. 
• I think it worked out better that I didn't try to force her focus. She would drift to a new toy for a minute. Then I would reintroduce the eggs or the cups and her attention would come back.