Week 11: What is understood doesn’t need to be said. So it goes without saying (*insert smirking emoji) that Selah has not been in daycare this week as things are slowly shutting down (or quickly for some) with the pandemic we have on hand. Monday would have been the start of her 11th week in daycare! Guess what? She has no idea what’s going on worldwide but she is aware enough to know that her routine is off. She hasn’t been getting dropped off with her aunt and cousin or seeing her daycare provider, and she will ask about them. We’ve FaceTimed her cousins every day I think because she will just keep asking, and yesterday she got a chance to “hang out” with them for a little while (while we’re all trying to practice social distancing).
Now, the picture you ask? That’s Selah’s bubble! Yes, I said Selah’s bubble. Her favorite pastime this week has been blowing bubbles. She’s almost sort of kind of got the hang of it. She gets a few bubbles out when she’s not tilting the bottle so far over that they spill out or dropping the wand in the bottle to where she’s unable to get it out herself. Why do they make it so complicated? Mommy’s tried to come up with a solid routine but it’s still a work in progress. I say job well done to all the daycare providers because keeping an 18-month old entertained is a lot of work. Maybe it’s easier when you have other kids around because they can keep each other entertained (or maybe not). Do your kids eat all day long (or is it that they ask for food all day) or just mine? Then there’s play time, entertainment/electronic/tv time, reading time (somewhere in there), call mommy’s name time, bubble time, walk time, mommy and Selah play time (somewhere in there), nap time is somewhere in there, and food is a given (breakfast, snack, snack, snack, lunch, snack, snack, snack, dinner, snack, and more snack), then there’s bath time and bedtime. I’m tired just typing this up. Please, if you have any other ideas for keeping her entertained share the wisdom.
Did I mention I’ve been trying to study for my psychology licensure exam as well during this time? Hence me sneaking away at 7am trying to get as much studying done as possible while she’s sleep because as soon as she wakes up that idea goes out the door. I don’t know if I retain any information that I “review” during Selah’s waking hours (haha). Most of my studying is done early morning or late night and next week I’ll be teleworking. As of now, daycare was supposed to be opening back up next week but we all know things change in the blink of an eye. So, I’ll know more as time progresses. If not, all of my clients will know Selah because there’s no way she will not one, look to see what I’m doing, and two, need something multiple times throughout my session.
So there you have. As week 11 comes to a close, Selah is doing stupendously! She’s definitely got the alphabet down. She sings them all day long. This week I keep catching her singing happy birthday (I had her sing to my friend and now I guess it’s stuck in her head). She’s stacking her small, soft blocks making them into a tall tower and identifying the animals on them (still trying to work on her recognizing the letters). She wants to color on everything and I think it’s safe to say she’s “talking up a storm.” Where does that saying come from? Okay, on that note clearly I’m done. I need to study before Selah wakes up!