Daily Log: December 11

Sammie's Daily Log

Daily Summary:

Overall, today was a good day.

Sammie was in a slightly tempermental mood.

Mom and Dad were in a good, but tired moods.

The weather was cold.

Daily Notes: Busy but great day!

Sleep

• Wake Up Time: 830am
• Nap Time: 1245pm-230pm
• 'Bed' Time: 930pm
• Notes: Sammie's first "normal" nap in a long time. He seemed very relieved. 

Food

• Breakfast: eggos
• Snack: crackers and water
• Lunch: 2 yogurts, refused English muffin with PBJ, refused apple sauce 
• Snack: banana, ritz bites, apple juice
• Dinner: Kraft Dinner
• Snack: Happy Meal fries (refused burger)
• New foods introduced: Attempted English Muffin
• Notes: 

Key Activities for the day:

• Social Time: AM Playdate with Tanika, Annabelle, Tara and Tobin. (And moms). It was mostly good, though Tobin's sour mood and screaming was very upsetting to Sammie.  He played very nicely with Annabelle after the older kids left, but was obviously tired and needed sleep. (Frequent, short crying episodes)
• Mom/Dad Time: PM: CPP Holiday train. Absolute awesomeness in every single way. 
• Mamelie Time: N/A
• Quiet Time: After naps- quietly snuggled with Mom, watching Thomas. Played with finger painting and with beading. 
• Outdoor Time: Holiday train (very very cold- we were out for about an hour)
• TV Time: About an hour
• Interactive IPAD/Computer Time: None
• Gross Motor Time: Mostly self-stimulatory, around the house. 
• Notes: 

Milestones:

• Favourite Sound of the Day:  Tongue-blowing raspberries
• Favourite Activity of the Day: Holiday train
• New words or sounds observed: Seems to be saying "Hi" when we say hi, and 'yeah'/yup more often. 
• New activities or play observed: VERY actively enjoying playing with Tinkie Winkie and Oopsy Daisy. He likes pretending that they are riding the trains. When he puts them down, they are almost always holding hands. 
• New gestures or signs observed:  When Erie asked him "Sam Waves?" when saying goodbye, he clearly waved to her while making eye contact. He also clearly greeted Trin/Tanika when they came over and smiled warmly to both of them (he doesn't know them well so this is notable).
• New behaviours observed: 
• Sammie was very upset by Tobin's crying and screaming today. At one point, he seemed to be genuinely frightened and it took until naptime before I noticed him return to normal. Sammie is not often exposed to screaming/yelling, so this was very far out of his element. He did seem concerned about Tobin's crying at one point, but did not stay in the room because Tobin was uphappy that he was there. 
• Sammie was exceptionally cooperative while doing the craft projects today. He painted both with a brush and even with his fingers.  He did a little bit of beading but had been doing quiet activities for 30 minutes by this point and got bored. Tomorrow we will do more beading and painting, but spread out throughout the day.  We will also introduce foam shapes. 
• New friends or social activities observed: Sammie *really* enjoyed Trin and Tanika's company.  He even held Trin's hand at one point (knowing she wasn't me, since he reached for my hand as well and tried to guide us to his bedroom). Annabelle is clearly Sammie's favourite and he relaxes when she is around. 
• Notes: Holiday train was awesome. His eyes were big like saucers and he was enthralled by it.  Sadly it was very cold, but he wiggled and danced around to keep himself warm :)