After several years during which Kate worked jigsaw puzzles on her iPad 6-8 hours a day, she has decreased her time substantially over the past few months. She has leveled out the past five weeks. Her total screen time for the past week was 3 hours and 15 minutes. Her daily average was 27 minutes, close to her 4-week average of 25.5 minutes.
The time she would have spent on her iPad has been replaced by resting and looking at photo books. The latter she usually does with me and also with the sitters. Last night was a notable exception. After dinner, she and I spent about thirty minutes looking through her “Big Sister” album that her brother made for her. Then I wanted to watch a football game, and she wanted to continue. She did that for almost forty minutes. I was pleased to see that because that would give her something she could do on her own; however, I can easily see that it might be hard to retain her interest for long since she has such difficulty recognizing the people in the photos. That includes her as well as other members of her family. On the other hand, sometimes she does recognize her mother, her father, her brother, and herself. Maybe that can sustain her for a while. I am sure both of us would like that.
