585 + 480 Weeks

I have hardly anything to report! I have been sick all week, but am feeling better now.  Carmie was sick until two days ago.  We didn't go out this past weekend.  On Monday I took Carmie to get her back x rayed, and I haven't had the results back from the paediatrician yet, but from the x ray itself I could see that her spine isn't exactly straight.  I'm trying not to worry though.  I will be booking her into physiotherapy right away, as both the kids' NDIS funding came through.  This means more supports, which is a huge relief.

Horse riding and Taekwon Do were cancelled this week due to school holidays.  Holly came over for her last session with Carmie, and it was really sad!  Matt, Arley's behaviour specialist, had a session with him on Wednesday, and it went well.  Matt is very knowledgeable on Arley's differences and difficulties, so I'm finding his support very helpful.  We have to take all demands off Arley and let him do as he pleases (within reason) for a while, in an effort to get his anxiety levels down.  It seems counter-intuitive to any parenting advice you'd get anywhere else, but we are giving it a go.  Arley seems happier for it at least.

Carmie has had good sleep all week, which is awesome.  I can't say the same for me.  One night Bella kept me up for two hours - she kept nuzzling me to get me out of bed, then would make me follow her and then she wouldn't want anything.  One time I even filled up her food bowl, and I turned around and she was nowhere in sight - it turns out she had gone back to bed!  The following night Arley kept me up.  He had woken from a nightmare, and then apparently it was fair game to keep calling for me for the next two hours.  :(

This morning my friend Andrea came over and brought her son Chayse.  He loves our VR.  It's good because the kids are getting used to being around him, and Andrea and I get along well.  They live only a few minutes away too, and they homeschool.

That's all I've got for this week.  I don't even have photos of the kids, so I just turned around and took some of them at their computers.  This is all I could get from Arley - he is getting more and more difficult to photograph!