#679 Saturday 25 August

Tough times .... work stress and family stress are taking their toll on us. Of course Naomi is carrying the biggest load.  We have to survive.
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Kaylia is making progress with language.  Some things seem to take forever to 'sink in' ..... and then when something does become part of her normal speech, it's a great thrill.  On Thursday night we were in the lounge room and ... unprompted ... she said something that was so normal .... yet such a big step for her.  We all clapped and cheered ... and now I can't remember exactly what it was!  I should have recorded it at the time.  The memory of the event remains.
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Kaylia continues her countdown to 'holiday' ..... she likes the app on my phone that shows her 'what' and 'how long'.
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She has really taken a shine to AJ ... it gives us a break from the 'floppy bunny' who likes to roll all over us while relaxing after tea.  Naomi has put in place a really good way to manage Kaylia's habit of standing in front of the TV screen .... when we want to watch something, we put a small mat beside the TV and Kaylia can be trained to stand on the mat rather than bang in front of the picture!  It sounds weird ... but hey!, it works!
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The new medication regime of a higher dose of Lovan in the morning is still working well.  The next evolution will probably be that she will need a mid day top up again .... maybe around December.
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4:30pm. She's been in such a mellow mood that I took a gamble and had half an hour outside while she played inside. It went ok and I was able to cart the old lounge suite down, throw it over the balcony and burn it! It had been subject to so many "doggie indignities" that it wasn't a selling prospect .... or even a give away! It's surprising how little is left after its been burnt.