#671 Sunday 4 August

Each night as she settles to sleep, Kaylia wants to climb into our bed between us and have cuddle time .... it's such a good thing for her .... and so delicious for us!  When she is nearly asleep we move her back onto her own bed and tuck her in.  She sleeps soundly ..... no tossing and turning or talking in her sleep.  I think we're on a good tactic.

It's always hard to know if we're doing "the right thing" ..... things are so different for a child with autism .... her life is so different to a mainstream child .... so different to the life that had been experienced by the people who make "the rules" .... the theories put forward (about the best way to raise a child like Kaylia) are just that.... theories.  

The "proof of the pudding" for the way we're doing it .... is the happiness of the little person we have!   Now that we have been able to take away the masking effect of the anxiety attacks, we find that we have a delightfully happy child .... her happiness and contentment is so obvious.


Evening
Forgive my next bit .... I get quite chuffed by the number of people who seem to enjoy reading this blog .... 33,046 page views so far .... an average of 28 per day!  I feel humbled.

... and the spread across the world?