A lot of things we work on with Charlie are not Jackson approved. C isn't putting a lot of things in her mouth right now whereas Jackson is so some of the small toys/items C's eductor/therapists bring aren't always safe for Jax. Usually we just play with those things when Jackson is occupied with someone or something else but Charlie's OT, April, gave us some homework to do but made it Jackson safe. She wanted us to make a sensory box for Charlie - normally she would have us fill the box with dried beans but since Jax would try to eat those she suggested Cheerios or Rice Krispies. Basically the idea is to have Charlie play in the sensory box and then start hiding toys in there for her to find.
When we placed the box down on the floor Jackson's eye lit up like he had just been given the best gift of his life! Monster could not get over to the box fast enough and was seriously in Cheerio Heaven. He didn't know whether to eat them, fling them all over the place, dump the box over and spill the Cheerios everywhere, etc. Apparently for Christmas we should have just given him this sensory box! :)
Now April did suggest that we lay a sheet down so when J and C are done playing we could just take it outside and shake it out. For some reason I just grabbed a towel and thought that would suffice...safe to say that was a big fail on my part!
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