Saturday, September 24, 2011

Adapting to our new routine

As always, it takes a while for S to get used to the new routine. She doesn't like change, so it throws her off. It is so much faster now with so few things to do. Looking back, all the intense one on one time was the key to securing our attachment. Even though part of the time was spend coaxing and not so much fun, it still played a big part. Even though for most kids, it is boring to count reps to 60, that's how she wanted it. Sometime we would count backward. The added benefit to this was that now at 5 years old, she can pretty proficiently count to 60 and beyond. Most of our daily routine is our vision therapy, which we try to do in conjunction with our NR. S stayed another full day at school on Friday and she did great. The teacher said everything went fine last Friday, no problems whatsoever. Then yesterday she admitted that last week she was a little scared at music but was okay this week. I may be going overboard, but why didn't they tell me that last week? I really need to know when something scares her so we can talk about it. Maybe they think I will question their competence? We need to handle things together, I thought they agreed to work as a team. I am happy with the school and S is happy. She doesn't wake up begging to go to school, so I wonder what is going on in her mind. She is getting so much better at communication. Yesterday she told her daddy that he hurt her feelings and she started to cry a little. I think he scared her because she doesn't like when he makes car noises even though they were playing cars. It was late and maybe she was just tired. At our re-eval, Bette mentioned that auditory processing was one of our concerns. I actually think that is resolving without more intervention. The ENT asked if we wanted to have her tested and I told him we would wait. She was so traumatized from her last ENT visit, she asks where we are going every day when I pick her up from school. I have to reassure her that there are NO appointments. I want to take her back for cranial sacral, but I think she needs a break.

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