#1403 Friday 18 November

She did sleep after that.  It's amazing that a night like that doesn't have any effect on her next day.

6:20am .... Teddy communicates pretty well!  He normally sleeps on the couch in the entry .... he has just dragged his blankets into the bedroom and dumped them beside the bed.  He's clearly saying "I'm cold ...  wrap me up please."   so I take the blankets out to the couch....  he hops up .... I wrap him up ..... and he's happy.

10am She must be feeling the effects of her late nights ..... when it was time for her to put on her shoes and go to school, she told me "No school .... bed".  Maybe she will learn to sleep?

9pm  She's clearly tired .... she went to sleep straight away. 

#1402 Thursday 17 November

It's 7:3pm .... Kaylia has had her nightly teeth cleaning session .... and her "blue blanket" tuck in ..... and her story time .... and now she's happily singing away.  I like this new routine.  Naomi says the behaviour is normal for her age ....  but I like it! It's a welcome change from a few months ago when she had to have one of us with her before she would settle to sleep.

11:30 .... she's still awake.  We can't stay up any longer.

12:30 ..... she's just been up to ask for the blankets to be sorted.  I hope she sleeps this time!!!

#1401 Wednesday 16 November

Normally Kaylia is totally lacking in the social mannerisms ..... last night after I tucked her in for sleep, I said "Goodnight" .... the usual response is silence ..... but last night she responded "Goodnight" back to me.  It felt really good.

The saga of the back brace continues.  The goal is to get her used to wearing it ..... without her building a resistance.  If she is to wear it almost full time, then it needs to be a natural thing. ...... and we have to make it comfortable in hot weather!  Wearing it while in Bali is going to be a challenge!

Video - Kaylia at breakfast.  It's a video selfie .... she's watching herself on the camera.  I've included this for all you Kaylee fans .... so you can have an up to date Kaylia fix!

#1400 Monday 14 November

3:20pm .... Kaylia has just arrived home.  I'll describe that for those who don't know..... she can be heard all the way in from the car .... a cross between a drone and a song.  As she comes in the door and down the stairs, she's engrossed in her iPhone and my "hello" gets no response. She plops her school bag down and heads for her room.   This behaviour in a normal child would be worrying and you'd be correct to say that we need to work on improving it..... so we then apply the auty filter ..... she is in her own world and probably didn't even hear anything said to her. Blaming the iPhone doesn't work either .... it would be just the same without it.  sure we could enforce the correct social behaviour ..... but this is her down-time and its a battle that we choose to ignore.

7pm A short while ago we were outside on the balcony watching 3 kangaroos in the backyard.  We are so fortunate to live in this place ..... it would be sad to not be able to see these wonderful animals.

#1399 Sunday 13 November

Its the normal Sunday routine .... pancakes for breakfast then into the car for a drive ..... to Ikea this time .... and then to the op shop.

4pm we came home .... and her period struck her .... Big Time!   I was out the back of the shed and I could hear her wailing.  Poor thing.  Usually the magnesium tablets help reduce the pain but not this time.  

I can't help but connect the "supermoon" with this excessive period... It may be coincidence...... but when a "coincidence" is repeated in a predictable, reliable way when particular causes occur ..... then in my mind it ceases to be a coincidence.

7pm and she's still going.  We're scratching heads to work out what to do.