It's been a big day! Zoe arrived at 7:05am .... Kaylia and Ian were there to collect her from the airport. It was too early then for school so we went home again for some K-downtime while Z unwound and found her feet. After school delivery, Z & I spent the morning in "Autism-101" ... giving Zoe a quick history of Kaylia. Fortunately Zoe has been reading this blog and so she was already halfway there. Zoe has already made contact with the school so that she can observe in the classroom.
After lunch we did a shopping trip and a bank trip .... and an introduction to the Bunnings playground! Other highlights - a traffic jam due to a rolled over truck which was blocking the major intersection.
Kaylee's highlight? In the morning she had all her front teeth .... by home time she had lost a top front tooth! The gap will be great for sucking on a straw .... and for a 21st birthday photo!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
#95 Wednesday 10 November 2010
Kaylee is watching a "Telly Tubbies" DVD at the moment ..... if you aren't familiar with that particular form of slow torture, then I'll leave you in your state of bliss.
Kaylia has become quite adept at the use of DVD players ... she finds what she wants, turns the machines on and then gets the whole shebang working .... it makes our life easy!
We're still waiting to see the hoped for Ritalin effects. Her appetite is less than before but we hope for a big appetite change so that she will become less 'chubby'.
This year has been quite a momentus period for us .... the challenge of finding a successful medication regime for Kaylia has absorbed much of our attention. Fortunately, I think we have succeeded (touch wood) .... although this is something that can change. We have to be constantly observing, comparing, discussing ... changes occur slowly much of the time and we can miss them if we're not consciously assessing on a daily basis.
In hindsight it is clear that Kaylia's success in mainstream school would not have been possible without the medication.
The 'end of year' pressure is ramping up .... we're looking forward to the Christmas break. It will be a German Christmas in our house this year .... we will have 3 Aussies and 4 Germans in the house .... so we look forward to experiencing a different style of celebration.
- Posted by the Kaylee Blogger
Kaylia has become quite adept at the use of DVD players ... she finds what she wants, turns the machines on and then gets the whole shebang working .... it makes our life easy!
We're still waiting to see the hoped for Ritalin effects. Her appetite is less than before but we hope for a big appetite change so that she will become less 'chubby'.
This year has been quite a momentus period for us .... the challenge of finding a successful medication regime for Kaylia has absorbed much of our attention. Fortunately, I think we have succeeded (touch wood) .... although this is something that can change. We have to be constantly observing, comparing, discussing ... changes occur slowly much of the time and we can miss them if we're not consciously assessing on a daily basis.
In hindsight it is clear that Kaylia's success in mainstream school would not have been possible without the medication.
The 'end of year' pressure is ramping up .... we're looking forward to the Christmas break. It will be a German Christmas in our house this year .... we will have 3 Aussies and 4 Germans in the house .... so we look forward to experiencing a different style of celebration.
- Posted by the Kaylee Blogger
Monday, November 8, 2010
#94 Monday 8 November 2010
Our little shopping expert has struck again! Yesterday Naomi took her shopping for a fix .... and K went straight for K-Mart .... straight to the swimming pools section .... and announced clearly "Buy me a swimming pool!" Wow! This comes from her visits with Kym where she loves being in the spa .... now she wants one as well! Naomi bought her a tiny blow up wading pool ($15) and K spent ages in it .... stretched out .... I'm sure she was imagining herself in a spa.
This is good! ...... imagination is a goal to be achieved (for her).
It has put the purchase of a spa on the agenda ..... water play is such a big thing for Kaylia ... and a swimming pool is not really an option ..... but maybe a spa?? (Watch this space....)
The weigh-in was disappointing - up 1.2kg .... this means that her daily weight gain % has not decreased as we had hoped.
Today she is home ... sick (I think .... ) ..... she is just wanting to sleep. I'll watch her and see what develops.
LATER:
Well she slept till midday ... then off to school. Therapy this afternoon has been great - really good results. So maybe she was just tired from yesterday?
This is good! ...... imagination is a goal to be achieved (for her).
It has put the purchase of a spa on the agenda ..... water play is such a big thing for Kaylia ... and a swimming pool is not really an option ..... but maybe a spa?? (Watch this space....)
The weigh-in was disappointing - up 1.2kg .... this means that her daily weight gain % has not decreased as we had hoped.
Today she is home ... sick (I think .... ) ..... she is just wanting to sleep. I'll watch her and see what develops.
LATER:
Well she slept till midday ... then off to school. Therapy this afternoon has been great - really good results. So maybe she was just tired from yesterday?
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