So i want to know what was with the girls last night????? Each one of them seemed to have a problem which meant that sleeping was not going to happen. Ella claimed that it was so hot in her room so she couldnt sleep and her throat was really sore. Lucy had her usual tummy ache (i say that in an offhand kind of way but she does have a chronically blocked bowel so she does have lots of pain), this meant that she could also not sleep. Rose was just non stop coughing all night - even though she is the youngest she is the one who toughed it out the longest. I took her in a couple of drinks to help her but for the most part she tried to get back to sleep. At 8, 6 and almost 4 i was sure that i would be sleeping uninterrupted but unfortunately kids dont seem to mind that I get no sleep!
Girls i love you dearly but pleeeaaassseee try and sleep tonight and leave me alone hehehehe.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
School Rules
I think it is so stupid being at assembly, listening to the principal go on how fantastic things are and reinforcing the school rules etc, only to have my 6 year old come home so upset because a boy was scaring her in the playground. He was also trying to rip off her hat, strangling her with the string in the process. The worst part is that the teacher on duty in the playground did not do anything about it except tell her to go and find the boy. What was she supposed to do when she found him! Drag him to the teacher!!! Ridiculous!
A long time
It has been such a long time since i have last posted and life has changed lots since then. I am hoping to start updating this much more regularly! I always like the idea of having a blog but i am never sure if i really have anything much to say! I will keep on writing about my life and family. At the very least it is fun to read back over things from years ago! So here is to a new start in the land of blog!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
School
Wow, i can hardly believe how long it has been since my last post. I think i am posting today mainly because i am sad...Lucy has started school and while it was ok for the first three days (by ok i mean that she went happily enough even though she was tense and agitated) but now she had to be dragged in kicking and screaming. It is heartbreaking. I can deal with her crying in the night time to release the stresses of the day etc but to have to leave her so upset like that is just so awful. It is times like this i wish i could just have a magic solution to her problems and that she will be happy.
I feel like all the preparation we did has not helped that much because until she is in a situation i can never tell how she is going to react. I am hoping i can come up with some things to help her. I just have to think about it some more. Aspergers is more complicated than it looks..... Sometimes i feel she is ok and other times she is worse than she has ever been in many ways.
I love you Lucy and will do whatever it takes to see you smiling again.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
My Lucy
In my last entry i mentioned that Lucy was being reassessed in terms of her special needs and sensory problems.
After lots of assessments and visits to the child psychologist she has been diagnosed with Apergers.
Asperger's Disorder or Syndrome is one of the Autistic Spectrum Disorders.
At the moment i am finding out as much about Apergers as possible - reading books, websites and any other info that i can find in order to have as much knowledge as possible about how the world works for Lucy.
It is important for me to do this so that i can try to understand things from her perspective but more importantly to help her with her life and any changes that might occur. The biggest change at the moment that Lucy will be facing is that she will be starting school next year and whilst it seems early to be thinking about that already it will take a lot of preparation to make sure she is ok to go and ready for the change and make it as smooth as possible. Can she ever be prepared enough?? I guess only time will tell. I hope so.
While we knew for a long long time that Lucy was "different" to other children and from a very young age has been having occupational therapy to help her with some sensory problems it was still a bit of a shock getting a diagnosis. A relief in one way to know what is actually wrong and to be able to find out what we can do to best help her and access any services that are available. But still shock and some saddness that she is not what is considered "normal" and that things from time to time are going to be hard for her. You start to think about how she will cope with different things at diffferent stages of life, will she be happy, will she make friends or will she be lonely?? So many things to think about. But on the other hand I am not sure that it bothers Lucy to play alone, is it just a thing that i want for her to have friends and things like that. Does she realise? I dont know.
I am happy that she will go to the same school as Ella because she is now familiar with the layout of the school and it will be a comfort to know her sister is there. I am glad that my girls are close. Not that they dont fight, but overall they love eachother a lot.
After lots of assessments and visits to the child psychologist she has been diagnosed with Apergers.
Asperger's Disorder or Syndrome is one of the Autistic Spectrum Disorders.
At the moment i am finding out as much about Apergers as possible - reading books, websites and any other info that i can find in order to have as much knowledge as possible about how the world works for Lucy.
It is important for me to do this so that i can try to understand things from her perspective but more importantly to help her with her life and any changes that might occur. The biggest change at the moment that Lucy will be facing is that she will be starting school next year and whilst it seems early to be thinking about that already it will take a lot of preparation to make sure she is ok to go and ready for the change and make it as smooth as possible. Can she ever be prepared enough?? I guess only time will tell. I hope so.
While we knew for a long long time that Lucy was "different" to other children and from a very young age has been having occupational therapy to help her with some sensory problems it was still a bit of a shock getting a diagnosis. A relief in one way to know what is actually wrong and to be able to find out what we can do to best help her and access any services that are available. But still shock and some saddness that she is not what is considered "normal" and that things from time to time are going to be hard for her. You start to think about how she will cope with different things at diffferent stages of life, will she be happy, will she make friends or will she be lonely?? So many things to think about. But on the other hand I am not sure that it bothers Lucy to play alone, is it just a thing that i want for her to have friends and things like that. Does she realise? I dont know.
I am happy that she will go to the same school as Ella because she is now familiar with the layout of the school and it will be a comfort to know her sister is there. I am glad that my girls are close. Not that they dont fight, but overall they love eachother a lot.
Monday, June 29, 2009
It has been a while.
It has been a while since i last wrote so i thought i would write an update on what has been going on for us....
The year is zooming along as usual (i can hardly believe that almost half the school year is almost over!). Ella is still loving school and doing very well so i am very proud of her and her achievments. She loves playing netball so Saturdays are a really fun day with her training and her netball match so that is good. She has 3 birthday parties that she has been invited to coming up and is very excited about them all. We have organised presents and everything so it is all done and ready.
Lucy has been having a bit of a hard time of late. She seems to have gone a little bit backwards in terms of her special needs and she is being reassassed by the child psychologist so that we can organised the right services and have strategies in place to make transitioning to school next year as smooth as possible. I am hoping it all goes well but we have a lot of work to do between now and then to get her ready. She has started at a new playgroup designed to help kids like her and as also a support group for the parents. We have been once and it was a good morning so we are looking forward to going again this week.
Right now Rose is in bed because she is not feeling very well. she says her head hurts and i hope she is ok. She will be having an operation on her eye to hopefully unblock her tear duct which will be much better for her and stop her getting so many eye infections. It is scary to think she will be having a general anaesthetic but what can you do it needs to be done i am sure she will be allright. She is such a funny and thing and a total boss!
We have all been fighting a cold the last few weeks which just seems to keep coming back just when you think it is under control! It is so annoying and frustrating, but i know we are not the only family who is going through the same thing.
School holidays in 2 weeks which is great!!!
In the last week or so my Oma has not been well and my thoughts are constantly on her and how she might be feeling and hoping that she is not in too much pain. It is especially hard for Mum because she is all the way over here and does not know when the best time to fly over is. A really hard situtaion all around. I love Oma so much.
Not much else has been happening with us just the usual going to school and stuff.
Lets hope these cold germs leave our house soon!
The year is zooming along as usual (i can hardly believe that almost half the school year is almost over!). Ella is still loving school and doing very well so i am very proud of her and her achievments. She loves playing netball so Saturdays are a really fun day with her training and her netball match so that is good. She has 3 birthday parties that she has been invited to coming up and is very excited about them all. We have organised presents and everything so it is all done and ready.
Lucy has been having a bit of a hard time of late. She seems to have gone a little bit backwards in terms of her special needs and she is being reassassed by the child psychologist so that we can organised the right services and have strategies in place to make transitioning to school next year as smooth as possible. I am hoping it all goes well but we have a lot of work to do between now and then to get her ready. She has started at a new playgroup designed to help kids like her and as also a support group for the parents. We have been once and it was a good morning so we are looking forward to going again this week.
Right now Rose is in bed because she is not feeling very well. she says her head hurts and i hope she is ok. She will be having an operation on her eye to hopefully unblock her tear duct which will be much better for her and stop her getting so many eye infections. It is scary to think she will be having a general anaesthetic but what can you do it needs to be done i am sure she will be allright. She is such a funny and thing and a total boss!
We have all been fighting a cold the last few weeks which just seems to keep coming back just when you think it is under control! It is so annoying and frustrating, but i know we are not the only family who is going through the same thing.
School holidays in 2 weeks which is great!!!
In the last week or so my Oma has not been well and my thoughts are constantly on her and how she might be feeling and hoping that she is not in too much pain. It is especially hard for Mum because she is all the way over here and does not know when the best time to fly over is. A really hard situtaion all around. I love Oma so much.
Not much else has been happening with us just the usual going to school and stuff.
Lets hope these cold germs leave our house soon!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Monday Already!
So I thought seeing as i am actually posting on a Monday that i would do the My Favourite Monday thing....
So I will tell you about a few of the things that i am really liking at the moment.
Well for starters i am totally hooked on the Twilight series of books! They are fantastic and i love the movie too. I cannot wait until the next movie is released! The books are really relaxing to read and the you can get into the story easily.
I am loving today that the weather is good after a storm last night so taking Ella to school was made easier!!!
My favourite time of the day is the early morning and i can enjoy a quiet cup of tea before the day begins and before the kids are up. It is so lovely and quiet and a good time to catch up on the news!!!
Other stuff that i wanted to write about today..... Yesterday at swimming lessons Lucy went under water on her own for the very first time without being forced to do it! I was so proud of her and happy that she is enjoying her lessons now. It makes a huge difference that we are swimming now with friends and Lucy is absolutely in love with their girls so she is happy to be in the water with them and she feels safe and happy. It is nice having good friends.
Autumn has started and i am waiting for cooler weather!!! Excited though cause daylight savings is almost over! Whohooooooo
Ella starts netball this week so that is exciting!!
Hope everyone is having a nice monday!
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