A creative bag of tricks. You never know how long you will have to wait. This was no exception today.
I took Tatum with me because she actually enjoys watching and learning. Maybe it will inspire her to want to heal the sick one day!?
She wanted to fetch some water and the cone cups made it fun for her. Plus they double as hats for the babies!
I did not want to pull out the usual electronic devices which most parents rely upon to keep their LO busy. Instead, after she reached the bottom of the toy bag I brought, I had to allow her to have some imagination. And that is what we did.
At first, we were fine. She read some books, played with her journal and just sat on my lap. But after the Dr. left the room and was gone for eons (like thirty minutes) I had to figure something out.
We decided to put dot stickers in her journal book and make pictures out of the dots. She got really into this!
Then, I pulled out her magnetic paper doll which lasted another thirty or so.
It was a long time, but it ended up being a positive two and a half hours of time that could have been pretty nightmarish. I was not to fret, because we can turn any downtime into fun with the right frame of mind. It’s too easy to just rely on the cell phone and an app or an iPad. Her imagination makes those neurons grow and grow!
