#108 Saturday 4December 2010

Nerd Stuff - Beware!!!!
Today I'm trying a new way of keeping the blog. Up to now, it started as email ... then it became the online blog that you're familiar with. With the blog, I have always been concerned that there is no simple method to backup the data contained! This is being written on a "journal" app for the iPad. The app allows the journal to be exported to PDF so I can keep backups. I'll write an entry in the journal .... then paste it into the blog. That way the blog becomes just a publication/sharing tool ... rather than the actual record.
This is being written at 8am in bed .... Kaylia went well with her sleeping last night ... she tried to come upstairs at 3am but I took her back to her room and told her to stay there till the sun came up .... and she did! She's still asleep but I''m pleased with the night.
She has swimming lesson this morning followed by "Kym time" .... she loves that! Yesterday I ordered a small spa for Christmas ... she will love that too! We're getting an inflatable spa ... firstly for the price ... 25% of the normal cost ... secondly for ease of installation. A normal spa would be very difficult to get down into our yard ... this one just comes deflated in a box ... easy!

PS: Later I found out that after I marched Kaylee downstairs at 3am, she then went into Tina's room and woke Tina! Kaylee was disgusted when Tina wouldn't cooperate ... and she the went back to bed.

- Posted by the Kaylee Blogger

#107 Friday 3 December 2010

The Advent Calendar was good.... a week in a day! (Kaylee was very quiet this evening and we finally realized that she had pulled down a number of 'presents' from the calendar and she was helping herself to the chocolate!)

We may have found the answer to the odd anxiety type behavior at school. It looks as though the headaches have returned. Today I went back to school mid-morning with some 'medicine' .... you should seen the look of relief on her face! Of course the big question is why have the headaches returned? Apart from the Ritalin being added to the mix, there hasn't been any change. Maybe the Ritalin has an interaction with the others which causes the headache?

I will now begin to carefully adjust the levels and look for a sign that points to the culprit.


- Posted by the Kaylee Blogger

#106 Thursday 2 December 2010

Update: The toe lives ... and it didn't hurt a bit! That's 'cos there was a mix up at the doctor's and there was no appointment! Since the wait time for the next appointment is so long .... and because the pesky nail is almost through .... there's no need for a painful operation!

Frivolity aside ..... Kaylia is happy. We didn't do the bedtime routine change .... we realized that we hadn't prepared her for it. So rather than mess it up, we have delayed till tonight. We've explained to her about what is happening tonight ...... and we'll see what the night brings!


Kaylee opened the first Advent Calendar 'present' tonight .... she likes presents!


- Posted by the Kaylee Blogger

#105 Wednesday 1 December 2010

Wow, time has rushed past since the last post to the blog! Kaylee is well and happy so we are too! Zoe has put together an 'Advent Calendar' and it looks good to us .... Naomi & I haven't seen a real one before .... so we're impressed. It will be interesting to see what Kaylia makes of it as we count down the days to Christmas.

At school, Kaylia's transition (to the classroom she will be in next year) is going well ... each morning she is keen to get into the new room to start work!
The need for ear protectors has continued .... she genuinely seems to be more sensitive to sounds than normal. We can't see any simple reason for this ... so it remains a puzzle.

Tonight we are going to try getting her to sleep in her room on her own. She used to do this but hasn't been able to since late last year when the heightened anxiety struck. We have been gradually working up to it and we'll see how she goes.

I get a day of forced rest from tomorrow night .... recovering from an operation on my big toe to fix a badly in-grown nail. I have to keep my foot above my head .... So I'll be calling for my slaves!


- Posted by the Kaylee Blogger

#104 Sunday 28 November 2010

Today Kaylia went to the Wiggles Concert! (This is a big step for her and excuse enough for an extra blog post!)
She didn't last through the whole show ... but she lasted for an hour. As you can see in the photo, there were lots of people and the noise level was high ... so we had a set of ear protectors which she wore the whole time.

It tired her out though .... she has been a mess of anxiety this afternoon