Jennifer Briggs

This week we got 9 hours and 40 minutes of official Sarah-Rise time. We are still gluten-free. For the past 3 days I have also given Sarah a chewable probiotic. I’m not sure if this is doing anything but I think it probably can’t hurt and might help her digestive system overall. We also have… Read more »

This past week we were away on vacation with friends from college. We rented a house in CA, 2 hours north of San Francisco and we had a fabulous time. The girls did well with all the travel, even if they didn’t like some parts of it. They even did well yesterday with our sprint… Read more »

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 »

This week we got 7 1/2 hours. If anything I feel like Sarah’s language has improved even further. It is hard to remember when she couldn’t express herself so much. We still have a ways to go so that other people can understand her as well as Carl and I can. Sarah’s teacher commented that… Read more »

This week we got a little over 12 hours. Since I count Sun-Sat as the week, part of this count was from the Outreach. Monday I had a volunteer to watch Amy and I got a solid and wonderful 2 hours with Sarah. It was one of the best sessions ever. I felt more energized… Read more »

Woohooo! We got 12hrs and 20 min this week! And it was a week where we were traveling at the beginning! A large part of our hours are due to M. being with us for the Outreach. It was absolutely amazing! So helpful!! I learned so much from the Start-Up last summer but there were… Read more »

This update is coming to you later than usual in the week because we were away over the weekend visiting Carl’s family in MN. Given the travel and other hiccups in the schedule I am pleased that we got 6 1/2 hrs of SR time, including a tiny bit in MN. The girls traveled quite… Read more »