What a week -- the lows and highs keep coming. I received some wonderful emails from oh so wonderful friends who read about that first day at school and wrote or called to offer me a hand, a shoulder, anything I needed. There are no thanks that are enough! But, thanks. Those who are in a similar boat and those with sympathy -- you are all great.
Well, the week has gotten better every day. Julia put up small fusses sometime in the morning as we got ready for school. She didn't want to get dressed or come to the table to eat or go upstairs to brush her teeth. But she was not unruly; she did not insist and was easily distracted to do what she needed to. We took the car to school each day even though it is about a 15-20 minute walk. I didn't think Julia was up to that yet; however, today, I walked over to the school and we walked home when she got out. The walk was good and I will try it again next week.
Julia was assessed for language on thursday, and she shares an aid in the classroom with a few other kids. Her teacher is very interested in figuring out what can work for Julia; and Julia likes her. My conversation with our doctor resulted in a referral to a therapist to work on Julia's attachment and anger. Hopefully, we will get an appointment at the developmental clinic soon, and can figure out what else Julia needs.
Julia did have some bad behavior today. She hit another child without reason -- not that hitting with a reason would be okay -- and did it more than once to the same child. Is she thinking of establishing pecking order? We'll be working on this immediately.
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