#965 Saturday 9 August

I'm sitting on my rocking chair in the bathroom.  Kaylia is in the bath .... with lots of bubbles.  I'm remembering the old days when a bath meant that we had to carefully watch to make sure she didn't turn on the hot water .... or slip over .... or ..... or ..... it was all stress.  Now she looks after herself and really the only reason I'm here is to assuage my own guilt!  .... and the fact that she says she likes the company.

I've been online a short while ago to pay a bill in Indonesia.  What a different world it is today .... distance doesn't mean much.

#964 Thursday 7 August

This morning I asked Kaylia what she would be doing today .... and she used a full sentence to reply with out any prompting!  Kerrie is very good in working with Kaylia on her language and the results are showing.

Kaylia is a bit stressed today and so she is in the "hose zone"  .... note the outside temperature ... 18.4

#963 Tuesday 5 August

It's Alison's last day of therapy with Kaylia .... she will be having her baby soon.  We will miss her.  We're not sure what we will do about therapy from here on ..... maybe split it with some OT and some speech work.

#962 Monday 4 August

"I-was-trick-Alison!"   Kaylia is very pleased with herself.  It seems strange to be actually teaching her to engage in a form of deceit (in therapy) but the key is in the empathy and flexibility of thought processes that are both needed to do this.  Neither comes naturally to her .... not like a non-auty child.

#961 Sunday 3 August

Sunday afternoon at Bunnings .... there are no noisy children in the play area so Kaylia is having a great time.  Despite her development and improvement, she still can't handle the "wah-wahs".  If they're present, then she'd rather not be!

Then it was off to the office to do a minor maintenance task .......... then ..... ice cream!