Month: Nov 2021

November 22nd

Hector

• Tried to come out of room less frequently when going to sleep
• Content to play inside all afternoon
• Interested in lining up alphabet letters
• Ran Brio train along track
• Wanted to play in his own room

November 23rd

Hector

• Wanted to play with dinosaur puzzle and tried to put pieces together
• Did not ask for TV for several hours
• Put cars/trains on Mario track instead of lego and watched when cars slid down the track
• Did not insist on me being in room when going to sleep

November 24th

Hector

• Started making happy sounds when got through the gate at school
• Looked at every giant number card (about 30 cards)
• Followed directions and put 6/7 rings on his stacking puzzle
• Brought lego Spiderman upstairs
• Went to sleep 20 minutes earlier

November 25th

Max

• Nearly rolled over again

Hector

• Went to sleep ten minutes earlier on his bed not the floor
• Counted along with LBB and read numbers in dinosaur book
• Very interested in his books
• Used a stamp himself

November 26th

Max

• Lots of smiles/laughs while being read to

Hector

• Went to sleep 10 minutes earlier, settling himself by reading 10 little dinosaurs
• Focused for a short book
• Played with number cards for at least 30 minutes

November 27th

Hector

• Let me help him do one section of 3D puzzle
• Tried to put Brio track together
• Went to sleep 20 mins earlier

November 28th

Hector

• Walked/ran a mile and a half
• Liked Uncle Jonathans knitted santa
• Tried his first hot chocolate
• Asked for a different TV show
• Made conversational noises
• Lined up Lego people

November 15th

Max

• Lots of gurgles in his chair

Hector

• Lots of focus lining up dominos, coming to me to get new ones
• Read for 5 minutes at school
• With support of blanket sat still for story and started looking at a different book
• Stroked Max’s head

November 16th

Max

• Lots of gurgling

Hector

• ‘Tidied’ chalks
• Tried to copy a circle
• Let me help him try to use scissors
• Decorated Pudsey with stickers

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November 17th/18th

Max

• Rolled over for the first time

Hector

• Showed me his book when I was saying goodnight

November 19th

Hector

• Helped tidy his lego

November 20th/21st at Jono and Alan’s

Hector

• Interested in opening/shutting lego gates
• Went to sleep an hour earlier on second night
• Knew where his toilet wasz
• Didnt try to go down slide when other children were on it
• Was very patient on way home when got no cake in first cafe and sat very nicely for lunch

November 8th

Hector

• Focused on a pegboard at school
• Looked at me playing with Froggy scales and raking outside
• Labeled things as bo and said wa when I called it the wall
• Played with building blocks putting them with his lego
• Drew a line with chalk
• Played with sweeping brush
• Didnt remove the stick for the hoop toss and understood how it worked
• Cuddly while watching TV
• Took off my socks
• Stroked Max’s head and held his feet

November 9th

Max

• Tried to roll over
• Enjoyed tummy time

Hector

• Played with pencils/stamps and let me help him colour briefly
• Played in his room on his own before bathtime
• Correctly chose a red pen when I asked which one was red
• Lots of sounds while moving chalk

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November 10th

Hector

Had fun baking, working together to put cases in the tin and letting me help him stir and spoon in the mixture

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November 11th

Hector

• Showed interest in bubble fidget toy
• Showed interest in getting dominos out
• Did some sticking of stickers for around 10 mins
• Played piano on and off for 20 minutes including letting me use hand over hand to play with one finger at a time
• After wanting to run calmed down to play with toys for at least another 30 minutes without having to go outside

November 13th to 14th at Carol’s

Max

• Sociable with lots of people
• Gurgled while Max the Brave was read

Hector

• Found the right car when he wanted to leave the play area
• Copied other children in the skate park and went to play in the same place
• Played nicely in a new environment
• After initial shock was interested in stroking the dog
• Understood where the toilet was and went when he needed to
• Focused while a short book was read turning the pages himself
• Pushed trains on a track
• ‘Tidied’ when moving trains by putting them in a box instead of on the floor
• Played nicely with dominos and organised them by colour
• Copied when I said down

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November 1st

Max

• Wider range of sounds
• Improved head control
• Batting toys intentionally

Hector

• Did a morning at school
• Played with Isobels surprise box for over an hour
• Watched Room on the broom for 10 minutes
• Played with pencils while sitting at the table for at least 20 minutes
• Paid more attention when running so didn’t fall over into wet mud

November 2nd

Hector

• Showed preference for yellow pencils
• Chose and looked at nearly 10 books at library
• Happy to be dropped off at school showing interest in multiple things outside but still walked in happily

November 3rd

Max

• Very excited waving arms and happy.to be given bouncer toys

Hector

• Had his first bath in 3 days!
• Appeared to say stairs when going down them
• Said boa while asking for bath toys which included some boats
• Used his favourite yellow pencil (with help for the grip) to scribble rather than just running with it
• When told he had to be outside to run went to the door happily and was helpful with shoes/socks including attempting to put on own sock

November 4th

Hector

• Put his hand on the screen when ‘Daddy finger’ was playing
• Enjoyed watching yoga magic and came to join in
• Requested his bath
• Became happy when said ‘home’

November 5th

Max

• Hit the elephant so it played music

Hector

• Tried to stroke a cat
• Stroked Max’s head
• Allowed his hair to be cut without being held (hugs only)
• Put a lego figure on a car
• Had a 10 minute bath and played with the bath pipes
• Enjoyed the music at assembly
• Said ba after I said bath

November 7th

Hector

• Stroked a cat and then tried to chase it when it ran away
• Watched Grandad wash the car
• Did some sticking, scribbling and stamping and showed interest in paint and scissors
• Put lego people on the base
• Played with lego in the bath and then gave me one lego piece at a time instead of lining them up himself. Also did this in his room

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October 24th

Hector

• Ran his first parkrun in 18.18

October 26th

• When I wrote 123 said 4 and added some lines
• Was careful going past Max in his chair
• Responded to Max getting attention by seeking it himself
• Walked near the lake at Elsham

October 27th

Max

• Enjoyed batting his toys

Hector

• Created his own game of transferring the chalks from one place to another and focused on this for at least half an hour
• Had a much longer bath than he has recently
• Did not run much inside
• Put on own PJ bottoms without needing to be told

October 28th

Hector

• Played pooh sticks

October 29th

Hector

• Went to rhyme time and tried to join in
• Showed interest in the story being read
• Consistently used his spoon
• Showed interest in lego people
• Fetched and tried to put on his own wellies when wanted to go out
• Began to listen when asked to walk inside

October 30th

Hector

• Enjoyed playing with the cash register and trying to work out how it worked
• Pushed two pieces of the dinosaur puzzle towards each other

October 31st

Hector

• Came and did some stamping after watching me
• Played with musical instruments and played the piano nicely
• Sat and coloured/played with stamper pens for 15 minutes