January 27

40 hours!!!!

The girls now share a double wide bed (words they both love to say). I think this is helping Amy sleep a bit more soundly than when she is just on her own. One night they were both up for a bit in the middle of the night and for a change I wasn't in with them. We heard Sarah say "la.la la. la. la." This was her normal protest lala but parsed differently. Hysterical.

While we are mostly full GAPS we still give Sarah chocolate milk (coconut milk with honey and cocoa powder) sometimes. At one meal she preferred stock to chocolate milk! I think because I had omitted the honey. I created an avocado "ice cream" of sorts by pureeing avocados and mixing in some lemon juice and honey and freezing it. Then I warm it a bit to serve. Sarah loves it! And it is really mostly avocado.

Today we had a small birthday celebration for her with some kid friends (most of her friends these days are her volunteers). She was excited about the chicken soup and the banana bread cake. She spent more time at the table eating than anyone else. She blew out all 6 candles (several blows) without needing any instruction or encouragement. She was super excited to see her friends. I'm glad we kept it small and it felt perfect.

After her bath in the evening she goes back to her room and gets dressed in her pajamas completely independently and then gets under the covers.

While at the table one day she wanted something and was saying I should look at my watch. She looked at her wrist where a watch would be.

We have been focusing some on helping her make eye contact when she requests things. She is great at eye contact during conversations but rarely when requesting things, especially in the SR room. Yesterday she got up from the table twice to walk up to Carl and look at him while asking to play in the snow.