At 3 years 360 days old, Caleigh loves her babies.
I've always yearned for her to "play" with baby dolls. Early on Caleigh would get dolls, stuffed animals and the like for gifts. They would collect dust and we ended up donating a lot of the stuffed animals.
As a child I spent hours upon hours playing with dolls. I was a true girl. I was a little mama. A mother hen. So when I wanted my daughter to play pretend with her dolls and toys, I was quickly reminded that fine motor skills are a must when playing with toys. It was something that was a small hit to me. Plans change as we all know too well. I scrapped it and moved on.
Flash forward to about a month ago and Caleigh's love of her babies has blossomed. We always ask Caleigh what she wants to do. Most of the time she dictates her day by choosing activities on her iPad. If she chooses stander, we ask what she wants to do in it. This week she could care less about music, movies and coloring. Watching a movie has been the reining champ to date. Now, her request is to play with her babies. Stander, power chair, playing on the floor they all involve baby time.
I wonder if Caleigh pretends with her babies or if she just likes to hold them and love on them. Either way, I'm thrilled. I've learned that "playing" with toys isn't always done in a traditional way. I absolutely love that Caleigh has met this little girl milestone in her own unique way.
I asked Caleigh if she knew what she wanted for her birthday. She said "yes." I asked her if she could spell it. She said "yes." She spelled out "Baby Tiana" without an ounce of hesitation. Baby Tiana is just what she will get.
5 comments:
I've had the same experience recently with my son who has generalized dystonia, but I was thinking about playsets like playmobile. Even though he can't ramble on about the story he's imagining while moving the pieces around, who am I to know if he's not rambling on in his head about it. So we're going to buy a set related to what he likes and see what comes out of it.
He has managed to learn how to crash hotwheel cars together after all ;)
Melanie
Your Caleigh will never cease to amaze me! I think a doll house may be in her near future!
Awww, Caleigh is just beyond cute :)) I have one precious photo of Smiley 'giving a bottle' to a doll when she was younger. And I used to take her to toy shops and she would eye point or touch the toys she wanted. Now she is a teenager she's not so keen on toys, but that's appropriate too xx
She's a sweet little mama :)
Love it!
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