Dr. M Playgroup Today

Laura had her weekly therapeutic playgroup with Dr. M today.

Laura's favorite color is blue, and she has a hard time sharing blue things.

A little girl named Caroline got the blue helmet before Laura did. Laura did one of her ostrich routines where she falls to the floor and hides her face. Dr. M sat and talked to Laura for awhile, but I don't know what was said exactly since I was behind a two-way glass window.

I do know Laura made a plan to play with the blue helmet in an X amount of minutes. When that time was up, she got the blue helmet. But, she sat on the floor with her head down and said that she was too sad to play with it.

Dr. M knows about Laura and her ostrich routine. She used to do it a lot -- even with me. The interval time (between the beginning and ending) has diminished. Today's incident was the first one in awhile that has lasted a long period of time.

I've asked Dr. M why Laura does it. She replied that Laura is feeling anxiety and does it to shield herself. Also, there's the drama factor where she may be "milking it" for attention. It's mostly the anxiety. Laura has done the ostrich routine ever since I can remember.