#1352 Saturday 24 September

It's 9am .... she's in her bed with iPhone .... droning away.  She is clearly very happy ... she has a big smile as she drones.  She constantly wriggles her feet against my legs looking for the warmest spot. 

It's the first day of the school holidays.  What to do?  How can we fill the time?  How can I get all the other tasks done? 

As you can see, I'm feeling down about it all. Yesterday's News contained an article about a school over east which thinks the solution to management of a child with autism is to physically tie the child to a chair for the day!  I'm appalled that this can happen in current times.... and the thought of someone doing this to Kaylia is a nightmare.

#1351 Friday 23 September

We had a power failure last night .... First time in ages.  I was cooking tuna pasta for tea and the power went off just as the pasta was cooked and ready to go into the oven.  So we lit the BBQ and used it as an oven instead .... it worked a treat. As long as the dish is raised off the hotplate, it doesn't burn.

This morning as Kaylia was heading off to school I commented to Naomi that she is just soooo happy at present. I feel as though we are definitely doing things right!

#1350 Wednesday 21 September

Its been a good day .... Kaylia is happy .... I've been building .... and I've actually been out in the shed.

Its now 8pm .... Kaylia is almost asleep.  She was funny tonight ..... The "tradition" of watching ABC4kids after tea has been replaced some time ago by having time on her bed before settling to sleep.  But tonight she wanted the old way ..... so we had popcorn and watched TV ..... and then she just took herself off to bed!

She's a funny thing.

Naomi is struggling with the after effects of dengue fever ..... splitting headaches that don't respond to painkillers.

#1349 Tuesday 20 September

Its good to have a "tickle team" again..... Joe is very good at it and Kaylia really has a good time.

Kaylia once again has eaten a tiny portion for tea.  Its going to be very interesting to see her next weight reading. If her eating habits stay like this, she is bound to recover from the obesity that Risperdal caused.

#1348 Sunday 18 September

Poor thing..... she just couldn't settle to sleep last night ..... she was behaving perfectly .....  but it was about 3:30am before she actually went to sleep.  It's fortunate that she can sleep in this morning.   

Many times during the night she wanted to talk about having pancakes for breakfast! Given her current appetite, it will be interesting to see how many she eats!

  ..... She ate 2 pancakes.  

It's a huge change from the old days when she would wolf them down

Later .... it's toenail painting time!