Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

A good problem to have is… Sarah not getting around to brushing her teeth because she is busy talking about how the sink is empty, pronouncing each word perfectly. Sarah delaying brushing her teeth because she is busy pretending that the toothbrush is a melting popsicle. Sarah getting up from breakfast because she must put… Read more »

I think the biggest thing from this week was my learning how to get out of Sarah’s way and effectively invite her to do more physical movement. For two months I have been doing Becky’s program with Sarah and for the movement-to-music parts it has been mostly me moving around while Sarah sat on the… Read more »

Sarah started preschool this week. She goes two mornings a week from 9-12 to a neighborhood preschool that is very welcoming and flexible. Sonia goes as her attendant, but she doesn’t need much attending. Except when she does, and then she really does. She has always enjoyed school and this year is no exception. Tuesday… Read more »

We were away for the weekend visiting family at a beautiful house on a beautiful lake in VA. It was actually the easiest driving trip we have had with the girls in a while and it was lovely to only need to figure out Sarah’s food while someone else did the cooking and cleaning for… Read more »

This week I do not know exactly how many hours we got, nor will I know precisely from this point forward. I have decided to stop my meticulous tracking. Egad!! At first this seemed like a relief and then I started to freak out. Then I realized that my freaking out was due to thinking… Read more »

This week we got 18 1/2 hours. This was a low week due to my being sick for 4 days (the last two of which I was just a lump and Sonia and Carl did everything). Sarah had another tummy bug and while it only affected one night I still cancelled her volunteers for the… Read more »

This week we got 35 hours and 45 minutes. We have added a small amount of raw fruits and veggies to Sarah’s diet. Yay! Aside from a stomach bug for a few days this week, she is doing well and I am thrilled that she has more food options available to her. Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop… Read more »

This week we got 37 hours. Sarah made up a new word, unintentionally, as she tried to say “envelope.” Her new word is “empty-lope,” referring to an empty envelope. She is pointing out when things match, sometimes correctly and sometimes not. When we eat she says we have matching forks. She also says “matching pants”… Read more »

This week we got 22 hours of Sarah-Rise time (sort of low by my current standards) but we also had an outreach with Becky Blake where she stayed in our house for a few days and worked with Sarah and taught us new things to do to help Sarah. Then we went camping for a… Read more »

This week we clocked 30 hours and 40 minutes of Sarah-Rise. Sarah had many moments where my jaw dropped at her learning, creativity, and spunk… – driving the little toy car that she can sit in and telling me she is driving to the yogurt maker (she is temporarily off yogurt again) – she has… Read more »