Ryan is covering pediatrics in nursing school right now and yesterday he brought home a really cool handout about child directed play. It's where you allow the child to lead the parent in whatever activities they want. It allows that child to be in control and to have their parent's undivided attention (which is a rare thing in our house), and it's supposed to build their self esteem. So I tried it out with Halea this morning. First, she took me outside to visit grandma. She sat on grandma's bed and smiled at her as she snored, soundly sleeping. Then she wanted to look at all of grandma's creams and soaps. Then we came inside. She took me to her room and got some clothes out of her dresser (picking out her own outfit). I figured she wanted me to dress her, so I took her pajamas off, and she pulled a fast one and decided staying naked would be more fun. I allowed her to remain that way because she's calling all the shots. She brought me her "babies" and then took them back as quickly as she had give me them. Then she decided she would like her shirt (that she has recently outgrown) put on, but that was it, no diaper, no pants. She started playing with her activity table and was having a great time! I think the music from it was so inspiring that she decided to poop on her floor. That was the end of child directed play for today.
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That's cute. Hazel and I did some similar play yesterday reading books and coloring in her Hello Kitty coloring book. No pooping on the floor, thank goodness.
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