Friday, April 20, 2012

Freedom of Movement

We own 1 baby gate, which is currently dismantled. A & G can move freely throughout our house. Rooms I do not want them in I close the door, for example the laundry. I have select toys, activities and a mystery basket in various locations in our house.

A&G have been wake from their morning nap for about an hour. I gave them a  morning snack consisting of a whole strawberry and 1/2 a Cruskett with avocado. Since snack time, I've been observing them discretely and they have been very busy.

Front Entrance
  • Both crawled to front door to look outside and watch the building activity at our neighbour's house across the road. 15 minutes.
  • G  crawled to archive box waiting to go to storage. Stood up and banged on the box lid. She spent 10 minutes at this task which I think is a long time. She obviously loves to bang on things. A is still watching what is happening across the road. 
  • G is bored now, lets out a squeal and disturbs her sister who turns around and squeals at her.
  • A crawls to storage cupboards to open and close the bottom draw. G joins her and they enjoy 10 minutes opening and closing the draws whilst babbling to each other. Not sure what they were discussing but they sure were enjoying themselves.
Total time 35 minutes

Study (next to entrance)
  • A crawls to study and sits under desk.
  • G follows (2 minutes later) and starts squealing. The squeals echo so A joins in.
  • The squeals are ear piercing, I go in and speak to them about using their inside voice when in the house.
Total time 5 minutes

Lounge
  • A & G follow me to lounge area and both see the nesting cup tower I built for them while they were having their snack.  Both crawl to the tower to smash the tower down.
  • A crawls over to the books and G uses the couch to stand up. She spends 5 minutes cruising from one end the next. A is still reading her book (upside down.) The book has photos of baby animals.
  • G crawls over to join A reading, en route she is distracted by a noise from outside. Crawls back to entrance to investigate. (5 minutes)
  • G comes back, rolls around on the floor in the lounge whilst talking to her foot. A discards her book and selects another book. (10 minutes)
Total time 20 minutes.

The grand exit
  • G crawls off in direction of kitchen.
  • A decides to join her. Discards her book and crawls off.
I can't see them any more, but I can hear one banging on the bongo drums and the other babbling in the hallway. The babbling sounds like A. I'm off to take a sneaky look at them.


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