Daily Log: Nov 23

Sammie's Daily Log

Daily Summary:

Overall, today was a decent day.

Sammie was in a great mood.

Mom and Dad were in a tired mood.

The weather was cold, windy.

Daily Notes: A busy, but generally good day. Sammie will need to get some concrete, out of the house gross-motor in throughout the weekend to balance out a mostly indoors, at home day. 

Sleep

• Wake Up Time: 730am
• Nap Time: Ha. Ha ha ha. Drove Sammie down at 3pm after he fought sleep for 3 hours. He napped until 4pm and then we woke him up. 
• 'Bed' Time: Approx 930pm 
• Notes: Sammie wanted to sleep much earlier than predicted (11am). Had I been home, there would not have been a problem with nap time at all. Second, third and fourth winds were what killed us. 

Food

• Breakfast: Eggos, a few apple pieces
• Snack: A whole whack load of Ikea bacon. Apparently he can't get enough of the stuff
• Lunch: Mostly snack foods- crackers, etc. Refused to really eat- probably out of exhaustion.
• Snack: n/a
• Dinner: Big bowl of cheerios with milk
• Snack: 1 apple sauce, 1 yogurt, lots of water
• New foods introduced: Bacon. And it's a hit. 
• Notes: N/A

Key Activities for the day:

• Social Time: Ikea breakfast with Alicia/Zack, hanging out with Uncle Conor and Suzanne in pm
• Mom/Dad Time: Not a lot of one-on-two or one-on-one today- just a bit busy with errands, etc.
• Mamelie Time: None. Did not see her. 
• Quiet Time: Exhaustion led to a VERY overstimulated Sammie. VERY little "quiet" time today.
• Outdoor Time: None- too cold. 
• TV Time: Very little- less than an hour. 
• Interactive IPAD/Computer Time: None
• Gross Motor Time: LOTS. All afternoon/evening. 
• Notes: Bought a new crawl tube from Ikea. He loves it. Not such a big fan of the doll. 

Milestones:

• Favourite Sound of the Day:  "Brrr" ("sad raspberries")
• Favourite Activity of the Day: Playing with the tunnel in many creative ways, including "worm baby". 
• New words or sounds observed: N/A
• New activities or play observed: Lots of creative play with the tunnel- very interested in different ways of exploring it. Also put on his boots AND daddy's boots and explored new balance challenges. 
• New gestures or signs observed: Nothing new, but was very "clingy" at bed time when saying goodnight to mom.  We decided to give him a few extra minutes of mom snuggles, and he went down relatively quietly with dad after that. 
• New behaviours observed: Sammie receptive skills are getting significantly stronger in public places. When asked to "stop" or "come back" at Ikea, he followed instructions. When asked to wait patiently, he did. When asked to give me his hand, he did. When asked to push the buttons, he did. Overall, Sammie had an extremely receptive morning, where he followed 90% of simple (one step) instructions. Did not attempt any two-step instructions at this time. 
• New friends or social activities observed: Sammie's relationship with Zack has improved drastically. They played patiently, taking turns, and did not fight then entire time.  Sammie also showed an interest in Alicia for the first time, allowing her to distract him with reading a book while mommy paid for items at the cash register.  Generally, Sammie tends to keep Alicia distant, so this was an exciting step for him. 
• Notes: None