Lots of Great Stuff

The biggest sign of attachment over the last 6 months or so is when S takes inventory over her family. She always asks where everyone is and when they are coming back. A couple of times she ased where her sisters were and then said, "They're gone forever." Everytime I tell the teacher something that could be traumatic or has been traumatic in the past, she find an instance where she didn't react the same way in a similar or same situation. Why would she think my daughter should react like a programmed computer, getting the exact same response each time. Is there anyone else in the world this predictable? I really don't know what point she is trying to make when she does this. Is she trying to tell me that S is faking? She has eluded to that before. Is she trying to say that I just don't know what I'm talking about? Okay, got off on a tangent again. I really started this blog to have an account of our NR journey, but our journey is so much more than a few exercises every day. The emotional journey is 100x as hard as the physical one. Why don't people trust that you know what you are talking about and know your child better than anyone? I live with her, I spend the most time with her, and most of all, she trusts that I will not send her anywhere that I can't trust the people who she's with. Needless to say, that's why she is rarely away from me. Even though I complain about the bad things that go on at school, I do believe that most of the day is good and beneficial.

Back to the good stuff. Lately, S has been comparing facial features, as well as other body parts. She is really aware of same and different. She is always comparing our eye color. She studies my face all the time. Yesterday, she asked me, "What are these lines?" (and pointed on her face where they were on mine) She was talking about the lines or crease on either side of my mouth. I looked in the mirror because I didn't quite know what she was referring to. I saw what they were and had to answer her, "Oh, those are there because mommy is old!" Better start saving up for some laser treatments!!!!!!

One thing S has been doing during exercises is asking is we can snuggle. I think this is a delay tactic, because she has so many now, but maybe it's not. Anyway, usually I oblige, but I wonder what I should do.

The NR group is always talking about subtle changes that you usually don't recognize unless you keep a journal. I am so happy that I have kept this, because there is so much that I have forgotten. I have seen Bette test for the spinal galant reflex and it is always there. Reflexes are pretty easy to test for, so I do it myself upon occasion. The exercises to get rid of this are pretty easy, so we have always done them. They are so simple, that it seems like there is no way they are doing anything. Well, after months of hard work, it's finally gone! We see Bette soon, so I will need her to confirm, but I'm so excited!!!

S said some random things yesterday during our NR session. Sh said, "I have lizards crawling all over me." The she said, "I'm going to catch the lizard" I still have no idea what that was all about.

Another thing she said that was super cute. I don't know if we were laughing or just having fun, but she said, "The happy is falling out!" I asked from where, and she said, "Your mouth!"

I got mad at her because she wouldn't finish her last 4 laps of crawling. She pretended she saw a happy version of us standing near us. She said, "Look, there's happy mommy standing there, and there's happy S standing right here." Of course she got the real mommy to be happy. In the past few days, I have really seen a lot coming out. Just when I was getting so upset at realizing an expressive language delay, it seems like that is improving. She actually told me a little about school that wasn't just straight fact. I asked her if her teacher read a story and she started to tell about something that didn't make too much sense, and then it morphed into an episode of Curious George. I was amazed at the details and amount of sentences she used.

I have decided to to another round of BIT if the schedule works out for us. Hopefully we'll be done with the listening program so I can see which one is doing what.