Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

Sarah! W_____! Bear! That is how Amy addressed Sarah one day, wanting to get her attention. When the usual attempts didn’t work Amy decided to break out Sarah’s full name. We have had some surprising things and some amazing things this week. Sarah stretched out in the bathtub on her back and tipped her head… Read more »

I took the girls grocery shopping because I didn’t know if I would have any time to go without them. Overall trips to stores are going pretty well but Sarah doesn’t stay with me easily. It feels tricky to navigate giving the girls more freedom. Amy is more responsible and reliable. I know she is… Read more »

Last night when I was talking to our babysitter I realized that something changed and I didn’t even really notice when it changed. Sarah used to get up almost every night and ask for water. She might get out of bed to get our attention but then she would refuse to get a drink for… Read more »

We were away for most of the week visiting both sets of my parents. Overall the trip went wonderfully, but was not without challenges. I realized that the last time we made this trip we would use the family bathrooms when we stopped at rest stops. Now the girls are independent enough that they just… Read more »

Last weekend we went on two outings that involved things the girls loved so much (playing in cars, getting food from food trucks, biking) that then there was screaming or whining or not cooperating or all of the above when it was time to leave. Just today we started reminding Sarah more often at each… Read more »

For Father’s Day we went to Kennywood so we would have more time there without rain. There were wonderful parts, but there were also many moments of whining and upset. Almost as soon as we got there, Sarah started saying she wanted to go home. For Amy, none of the food options were ever right. Then… Read more »

Last week I forgot to write about a couple of things. In her time with Sc, Sarah was making a list of what they needed for a pretend recipe and she said, “and finally, eggs!” I love that “and finally…” G recently wrote, “Sarah’s output, particularly over the past month, has been…more authentic sounding. It’s hard… Read more »

Last weekend we were hanging out with Sonia and A. for dinner. We were talking and laughing about some tv shows that I have a propensity to like (swashbuckling, a couple of centuries in the past) and somehow that got mixed with me saying that it was the equivalent of asking if I liked chocolate…. Read more »

Sarah just finished first grade! I know her age peers are already moving onto 5th grade or something that sounds impossibly far away. But here we are! I worked hard to keep her with her developmental age peers as much as possible. That gap continues to widen because she isn’t at all like a neurotypical… Read more »

Sarah saw a substitute OT this week who hadn’t seen her in several months. The OT was very impressed with Sarah’s work. Sarah made a snail by cutting, coloring, and glueing, and she did some writing. Amy had a playdate and she and her friend left a big pile of dress ups on the floor… Read more »