Yesterday Kaylia and I went to visit Aunty Max at her office in the city .... the office is in a research facility with lots of doctors. Since it was a quiet day and they're nice people, we were able to persuade one of them to 'play' at being doctor for Kaylia. She loved it ..... she was up on the examination table in a flash and the stethoscope was soundly employed! She even got to keep the stethoscope for a while .... it's an excellent dingle-dangle. She's becoming more insistent about things she wants to do .... and when her desires are not possible, it can cause problems. If the adult can ride it out without it adding to their own stress, it's ok and Kaylia will eventually subside .... but when it adds to the carer's own stress levels it creates a feedback loop with the stress levels ramping up and up .... and then you get into anxiety attack situation for Kaylia. It's not good.
When you can successfully ride it out, it's quite funny to watch Kaylia ..... she's like a balloon full of air .... it all comes out in a rush then just runs out of puff!
This was in the morning..... on the way home we stopped off at a roadside stall for more melons, grapes and cherry tomatoes. Kaylia loves the tomatoes ... she ate two punnets of them during the trip home.
At home it was time for more 'hose'! This can keep her happy for an hour or more. The hose is just a bit more than a trickle so not much water is consumed .... and it runs off into the garden anyway.
Then Bunnings (a new dingle-dangle) and office for some play time.... then home for tea..... followed by her evening drive before bed.
You can see that keeping her occupied during the day is a demanding, full-time job! Without it her stress builds and anxiety hits. One day in the dim future, she will be able to manage herself .... but till then, we must do it for her.
Today .... back to 'gool'.
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