Back to sleeping means back to progressing

Two days ago Megan had an allergy appointment.  We have to stay for 20 minutes after each session and so I took the iPad with us for a distraction.  Megan sat in my lap and played with the "Monster at the end of the Book" app a few times and then switched to the puzzle app.  She has been better recently about putting pieces where they go - this is not actually a puzzle in the typical sense it is various shapes/animals/etc and then corresponding blank spaces around the scene where they fit.   I  have talked previously about how she started doing better with this app and was actually getting a couple of pieces in their correct spot.  Well, two days ago she took it a step further and would put her finger on the puzzle piece and drag it around the screen pausing over each empty space to see if it matched and when it didn't she would keep looking until she found the right space.  Sometimes she would let the piece go and try again.  When you try twice, unsuccessfully, the app will put a circle around the correct location.  When she was having difficulty with a piece she would see the circle and immediately put the piece in the right location.  This is new, this was the first time she seemed to understand what the circle meant.  She solved entire puzzles by herself.  When she was playing the puzzle app I thought "this is how Sam plays this game".

Later that same day she was playing with a real puzzle at home.  It is a more difficult puzzle because there are lots of little corners/edges that have to line up just right.  She did amazing with it, twisting/turning/adjusting pieces until they fit.

It is so awesome to watch her figuring things out.  To watch her progressing in areas and be able to witness the change.  It is understandable but still amazing how her progress is always tied to her sleep.  When she was not sleeping again her progress halted, thankfully she didn't go long enough to start regressing like she had before.  I am so very thankful that we were able to identify the cause of her sleeping issues and that we continue to be able to help her.

As part of her mommy's day gift to me this morning she slept until 8:00 am.