Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Aeryn doing one of her favorite things... looking out of the window on the light rail!
When she is looking forward, she is looking at the scrolling marquee thing that has the date, time, and the name of the stop. So funny! She looks at that thing like she can read!
Meltdown Avoided!
We had a nice start to the morning but that is nothing new. The walk across the street to the daycare is where the drama usually starts to unfold... slowly. If there will be drama, she won't step off of the sidewalk onto the asphalt of the parking lot. All is well here. She is actually walking rather briskly this morning. In my mind I'm wondering if she is planning to rush to the daycare to show out or is she REALLY in a good mood today (sometimes its hard to detect her mood due to lack of constant eye contact).
Anywho, we make it to the daycare unscathed! I'm feeling pretty good about this morning. Then, the inevitable! Kim, the daycare director, needs to talk to me about her visit to the school yesterday to observe Aeryn in THAT setting. I have a set length of time that I am "allowed" to be inside the daycare before Aeryn gets the impression that she is to leave WITH me. UH OH!!! As I turn to walk out the door, Aeryn comes out of nowhere and jumps in front of me and starts out the door... and here come the tears. No sound yet, just these HUGE crocodile tears falling from those HUGE puppy dog eyes. She knows how to get you. Seeing her do the "silent" cry is so heart wrenching! BUT!!!!! yes, there is a BUT! I expected something like this or even a replay of yesterday to happen so I was PREPARED!!!! GO ME!! LOL!
In the anticipation of SOMETHING going down today, I had her completely charged MP4 player WITH headphones in my pocket! YES! What is on this MP4 player you ask...? CHIPMUNKS! Nothing but hours and hours of Alvin and the Chipmunks singing. I handed the player to Kim so that she could give it to Aeryn. Aeryn takes the player turns it on and walks away from the both of us toward her classroom.
THE JOY OF PREPARATION!!!
Now, down to the nitty gritty...
Aeryn doesn't eat many things (much like her mother) but what she does eat, she eats a lot of it! I will now be baking biscuits at home and taking them to the daycare so that they can freeze them and have then for Aeryn's breakfast every morning. I will also be taking over a few other things that I know that she will eat. Just to see if maybe part of her morning problem is her picky palette!
I am going to make a call to the DDD (Department of Developmental Disabilities) office to see if there is a way that I can obtain a compression vest (or whatever the hell they call them) for when she is on the road to spazzing out since the daycare doesn't have the staffing necessary to have someone put her in "the hold" until she calms down.
That is all I can think to tell you right now. I'll be back with more as it comes to me. Guess I'll go take advantage of my off day and do something productive. LIBRARY HERE I COME (I need your printer). LOL! Then I have to go buy soap (one of my addictions). Wait... this isn't about me! It's about Aeryn! Go away now... I'll be back later!!! LOL!
Anywho, we make it to the daycare unscathed! I'm feeling pretty good about this morning. Then, the inevitable! Kim, the daycare director, needs to talk to me about her visit to the school yesterday to observe Aeryn in THAT setting. I have a set length of time that I am "allowed" to be inside the daycare before Aeryn gets the impression that she is to leave WITH me. UH OH!!! As I turn to walk out the door, Aeryn comes out of nowhere and jumps in front of me and starts out the door... and here come the tears. No sound yet, just these HUGE crocodile tears falling from those HUGE puppy dog eyes. She knows how to get you. Seeing her do the "silent" cry is so heart wrenching! BUT!!!!! yes, there is a BUT! I expected something like this or even a replay of yesterday to happen so I was PREPARED!!!! GO ME!! LOL!
In the anticipation of SOMETHING going down today, I had her completely charged MP4 player WITH headphones in my pocket! YES! What is on this MP4 player you ask...? CHIPMUNKS! Nothing but hours and hours of Alvin and the Chipmunks singing. I handed the player to Kim so that she could give it to Aeryn. Aeryn takes the player turns it on and walks away from the both of us toward her classroom.
THE JOY OF PREPARATION!!!
Now, down to the nitty gritty...
Aeryn doesn't eat many things (much like her mother) but what she does eat, she eats a lot of it! I will now be baking biscuits at home and taking them to the daycare so that they can freeze them and have then for Aeryn's breakfast every morning. I will also be taking over a few other things that I know that she will eat. Just to see if maybe part of her morning problem is her picky palette!
I am going to make a call to the DDD (Department of Developmental Disabilities) office to see if there is a way that I can obtain a compression vest (or whatever the hell they call them) for when she is on the road to spazzing out since the daycare doesn't have the staffing necessary to have someone put her in "the hold" until she calms down.
That is all I can think to tell you right now. I'll be back with more as it comes to me. Guess I'll go take advantage of my off day and do something productive. LIBRARY HERE I COME (I need your printer). LOL! Then I have to go buy soap (one of my addictions). Wait... this isn't about me! It's about Aeryn! Go away now... I'll be back later!!! LOL!
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