May 2012

This week we clocked 14 hours and 15 minutes! Of that time, I personally did 9 hours and 15 minutes in the room with her. Woohoo!!! We had a lot of fun with various toy pieces (eg matching squares, cakes, candles) and my asking “does it go here?” (emphasis on the “here”) and putting it… Read more »

This week we got 10 hours and 10 minutes of official time. We also had a new (returning from college) volunteer start on Saturday. YAY!! Gluten-free eating is still going well, though not with any notable behavioral differences. Sarah’s excited hands and jaw movements have lessened but we think they lessened before we went gluten-free…. Read more »

This week we got 9 hours and 20 minutes. Carl was away all week so it felt like a long week. On one occasion Sarah said a nearly perfect “watch” as opposed to the usual “wash” when she wants to watch something. Her asking to watch various movies has evolved into sometimes being a game… Read more »

This week we got 11 hours. I forgot to mention that a week ago Sarah had a more connected (than ever before) phone conversation with Mom-Mom. Today she started saying “Mom-Mom” in full instead of “Ma-ma.” This correction was all of her own accord. She wanted to play with Mom-Mom. (and wanted to ride on… Read more »