Kaitlyn's been doing alright for the past few days... until today. I'm not sure if it's because I forgot to give her her meds first thing this morning or just because the plans (Mommy's anniversary surprise for Daddy and Family) she knew about got squashed for yesterday. She was the most upset about not being able to go for the special family time I'd planned and cried and cried but then seemed to get over it. Then this morning she has been acting all silly and goofy and then ended up in a screaming tantrum for about 30 mins which then led to not going outside and a Time Out. Maybe she just needed to get that out because now she is calmly and quietly sitting at the dining room table coloring.

So I spoke to the Therapist that goes to Kaitlyn's school to see her and mentioned a few things to her and one thing she asked me to look for during K's "play" was that when her toys have an issue come up does Kaitlyn come up with solutions. The answer is No! Since I got a few chances now to really sit and listen and then even with some prompting she has trouble figuring out solutions. We even give her a couple of choices and she will have trouble deciding but might go along with one of them.

Anyway, an example of what I mean... Kaitlyn will play with stuffed animals or her Polly Pockets and she will make them talk to each other (you can tell how bad she wants to have conversations with people but HATES that conversations aren't scripted or predictable! She would be a GREAT actress!!!) and then usually some problem will come up like Polly can't get her hat on and she (Polly) will be crying. What has been happening is that the problem comes up and she (Polly) will cry for awhile and then K will either move on to something else or she just goes on to another doll in some other situation or just starts a new conversation with Polly. It's interesting to watch and I've gotten to see her play out these "problems" with a few different animals/dolls now and each time the issue comes up but the solution never happens.

I'm not exactly sure what that means and why that is so important but hopefully the therapist can shed some light on that for me. If anyone has any ideas, let me know!! I'm curious to know where that leaves her social development/skills.