Vince fine motor skills seem to be gettinga lot of practice these days. He likes to take up my cell phone, flip it open, dial a few numbers, hold it up to his ear and the talk a way. Usually trying to hide the phone. He also like little jars with lids and tries to open them, as well as sun screen bottles, lotion and other bottles he masters within seconds. Often with the result of a small mess…
The absolute favorite is the trash. Trying to get to it and trying to throw as much out (on the floor) in as short of a time as possible. However, he is also getting marginally better at putting things back. We are working on this one with the EI. This in combination with the garbage love my kid seems to have has lead to a loss of a few things. First it was one shoe that went missing. We finally figured out that he had thrown it away in his little trash can (used for diapers) and we had taken it out to the big garbage bin, and since long that shoe is living a lonely life some where else. Last week in the hospital there were 3 different garbage bins in the room. One for diapers, one for paper and one for other things. Vince loved them as they all had lids on them and they were in an optimal height for him. So he would take little pieces of bread and other small things to throw away. When it was time to leave, we looked for the car keys. Everywhere. Searched high and low, with no results. We asked the nurses and checked every where we had been but nothing… Looking down the garbage bins, they were all empty - the cleaning crew had already been by. We never did find the keys, and the only thing we can think of is that Vince threw them in one of the bins and then they were emptied… I was picking Vince and Bookie up from the hospital with the other car, so we were able to get home, but still we have not found that pair of keys…
Vince fine motor skills seem to be gettinga lot of practice these days. He likes to take up my cell phone, flip it open, dial a few numbers, hold it up to his ear and the talk a way. Usually trying to hide the phone. He also like little jars with lids and tries to open them, as well as sun screen bottles, lotion and other bottles he masters within seconds. Often with the result of a small mess…
The absolute favorite is the trash. Trying to get to it and trying to throw as much out (on the floor) in as short of a time as possible. However, he is also getting marginally better at putting things back. We are working on this one with the EI. This in combination with the garbage love my kid seems to have has lead to a loss of a few things. First it was one shoe that went missing. We finally figured out that he had thrown it away in his little trash can (used for diapers) and we had taken it out to the big garbage bin, and since long that shoe is living a lonely life some where else. Last week in the hospital there were 3 different garbage bins in the room. One for diapers, one for paper and one for other things. Vince loved them as they all had lids on them and they were in an optimal height for him. So he would take little pieces of bread and other small things to throw away. When it was time to leave, we looked for the car keys. Everywhere. Searched high and low, with no results. We asked the nurses and checked every where we had been but nothing… Looking down the garbage bins, they were all empty - the cleaning crew had already been by. We never did find the keys, and the only thing we can think of is that Vince threw them in one of the bins and then they were emptied… I was picking Vince and Bookie up from the hospital with the other car, so we were able to get home, but still we have not found that pair of keys…