He woke up incredibly happy today. In the morning we spent a ton of time playing with the piano and new instruments and playing in the water. We also played some Endless Alphabet. He had been a bit afraid of it, particularly the ‘R’, even though it is also his favorite letter. Slightly better today, although he insisted on sitting in my lap when we played. He would also grab my finger and use it as a stylus to move the letters. He did this in the evening with Carly, although he seemed to have gotten over his fears by then.
Around 10 we went out to the park and then did our shopping at Home Plus. We came home, stopping to play and walk around at the water fountain, and played some more. He then went to sleep for his nap.
10 minutes later he coughed and woke up. And I couldn’t get him back to sleep. Rather, he would fall asleep on my shoulder but I couldn’t set him down. He would wake up and cry and keep throwing himself on me to pick him up. Long story short, we are thinking it might be a ‘cry it out’ situation to get him to go to sleep without me holding him.
Anyway, eventually he calmed down but was awake. I ended up giving him a bath and he had plenty of energy and did quite well the rest of the day. Carly came home early to see if he would nurse to sleep, but he didn’t.
I went to PT and they did a lot more playing in water and some Endless Alphabet while I was gone. He stayed awake until a little after 7. Not bad for only 10 or 15 minutes of napping.
Couple other notes:
– August and I saw ‘Preacher’, the old Korean guy who wears army fatigues and carries a walking stick, for the first time in months. I had been wondering what happened to him. He says he has been in the hospital due to his broken back.
– He used the ‘help’ sign a lot today, primarily when he needed help putting the shapes in his helicopter and to play the musical instruments.
Happy wake up:
Knocking on the wall:
Reading Jack and Jill has become problematic because any mention of water reminds him of playing in water. Every time I read the opening lines he would do this arm/head movement. This last time he then crawled into my arms:
After his bath:
