Falling Behind

We took more than a few days off. Friday we had big sisters home, then the weekend(we take weekends off in the home stretch) and Monday was no school. It has become apparent that attachment is the biggest obstacle to getting our NR done. I think that now that we only have a few things to do, she is maybe not taking it seriously enough. I just don't know, I only know that this part is really hard. S is going through some tough emotional times right now and I'm not really sure I know what to do. Our 15 year old dog has days to live, so I don't know how that will play out. School is really getting to her, the teacher said she cried over her work yesterday. We have another conference set for Monday with the teacher and principal. We may need to go back to more half days which I won't mind a bit.

The good news about the past week is that S lost her first tooth!!! It got wiggly on a Wednesday and was out on Friday. I hope they all go that quickly. She looks absolutely adorable!! She was so excited about the tooth fairy, she said she can't wait to lose more. This was the kid who obsessed over losing teeth the minute she found out that her baby teeth would come out. She asked me daily until I finally showed her a diagram of it on the computer. Once she could visualize what happens, she stopped obsessing over it.

She had a really hard time tonight, so we took a bath first and then she did just a few of each of her exercises. I didn't want her to think she could get away with not doing them, I just waited until she was in a better mood and then got some of it in. She was very upset before she went to sleep and started to cry a bit like the one time before. She just gave a few loud grunts and then she was better. I told her she could continue if it made her feel better and then she said she didn't want to be loud and wake anyone up. I told her how sweet and considerate that was. I hate to see her like this, I hope it ends soon.