Lucas got an object that was too big for the lid to close, and as I watched him try several times to put the toy in the hidden compartment and close the lid, I could see that he was learning that the toy was too big to fit. Lucas confirmed his newly learned realization when he ran and grabbed a second toy and tried it to see if it fit, he closed the lid and I thought he was done, but he surprised me. He removed the toy and tried the larger toy again; it was one of those ah ha moments that he removed the larger toy and returned to the toy that fit. He closed the lid and rode away. As I watched him for the rest of play, he did not try the toy again and in addition when he tried other objects he only tried them once and if they didn’t fit the first time, he put them aside and found other toys that did …show more content…
He does show separation anxiety, “becoming upset when their trusted caregiver leaves” (Berk, L. E. 2014). It usually is more prevalent when mom leaves than when his dad leaves and he usually wants nana immediately following rather than papa. However, that seems to change when he is at the house with us. If papa leaves the house, Lucas becomes very upset, and will cry at the door and bang on the door and he does not seem to have that reaction when I leave and papa is home with him. He almost always prefers nana when he is tired or hurt and clings to papa when we are out and about or outside