Every morning for many many years, RJC enjoys a plain bagel for breakfast. She used to like it toasted with cream cheese, but recently we bought a new toaster that she does not like, so she switched to not toasting her bagel and using butter.
Today we were supposed to go to the bagel store to pick up a fresh new batch of plain bagels for her, however my car is being looked at today (UG) so I preferred not to take her in it. I decided I was going to explain to her that we could not go to the bagel store today. I was not looking forward to this conversation.
We almost always have some bagels in the freezer. Hal keeps his bagels there but he did not have any plain ones.
Sometimes RJC has plain bagels in the freezer. They are there because for whatever RJC reason, they have some perceived flaw. Most often they have too many air bubbles.
After a conversation with her about the car being broken (along with exaggerated sad faces on my part to help her understand) and a great deal of very close inspection on her part, of the bagels in the freezer, she was willing to take one from the freezer!
We now have the bagel store on our calendar for tomorrow and she is currently back to her morning routine, and not obsessing over the issue.
A major step in flexibility! I cannot stress how amazing this is for her to work at understanding what I was telling her and then to problem solve on her own - with NO negative behaviors! Not a one!
A big step forward in receptive language and problem solving.
So proud of my gal this morning!
