Speech Therapy - Day One

Today was my son's first day in speech therapy. He did "well," I suppose, though I guess I didn't really have any idea of what to expect. I knew that the sessions would revolve around play, and I'm just glad we avoided any major tantrums.

Observations

• Repetitiveness: he definitely has a thing for doing things over and over again, especially opening and closing things. This was already very clear to us while traveling recently, and he must have opened and closed the window shutters on the airplane hundreds of times.
• Determination/stubbornness: similar to his penchant for opening and closing things, he tends to work on things over and over again until he gets it right, or what happens more often, until he gets frustrated.
• One-track mind: along with his stubbornness, once he sets his sight on a particular toy that he's interested in, it can be pretty difficult to pull him away to do something else. Thankfully, we were able to move him to different activities without too much drama.
  
• Pretend play: I was surprised at how well he did at pretend play. He knew how to give a baby doll a bottle, how to feed her with a spoon, and he understood when she was going to sleep. It was funny to watch him lay on the floor beside the doll and go "night-night" with her.