Lyla had her first day of school on 9/3/14. She got on the bus for the very first time, and there were no tears, from her (now me on the other hand...). Lucky for me, we got to meet her at school and have a meet & greet with her teachers. She ran right into the classroom and started playing like this was a normal thing! She didn't pay much attention to anyone, even us, but played and flitted from toy to toy discovering new things everywhere she went. It was nice to put faces to names, and to see the environment she'll be in daily. She's going to love it there.
When the bus pulled up after school, she squealed with joy when she saw me, and came off the bus with a big smile on her face. I asked her how her first day at school was, and if she likes her teachers and of course she didn't answer, but I'll keep asking until she does.
After lunch she quickly disrobed and got a fuzzy blanket and laid out on the chair, all snuggled in after a morning of so many new and stimulating things.
The next day she was excited to go on the bus again, she really surprised me with how easy that new experience went. I really thought she'd have a hard time leaving without me on the bus too, but maybe because I never get on the bus, she knows I don't belong there!
We've been experience some ASD driven behaviors in her more lately. Things she didn't do a month or two ago, and a big one of those is sleep. I have the most awesome sleepers, ever. Still napping 3hrs a day and go down without a fuss at night at 7:30/8pm to sleep at least 11hrs a night. For a couple months now, Lyla has been struggling with going down easily at night. We've had to empty her room of a lot of things, and we're still learning what else to get out of there. Pretty soon it will be a mattress on the floor and that's it. This has recently spilled over into nap time as well. Which is tough, because she really needs her naps, if she doesn't nap she's passing out by 6pm...so we can't really have that. I thought for sure school would tire her out, but in her case, the over-stimulation of school is having an opposite effect. We'll figure out what is best to help her rest...it will just take time and trial and error.
It's funny to me how kids don't like to talk about what they did at school. But now that I have a child who really can't tell me, I am relying on Emmalee to give me the daily scoop. She told me a little about the first day, she ordered peanut butter and jelly (GASP!) for lunch. She told me "Mom, I didn't sit next to Owen, so it's okay, and I washed my hands after lunch too." She also washed her hands right when she got home as well. She said they watched a Pete the Cat movie, and that's all I got. The second day she didn't tell me anything, but we did get a parent/teacher communication notebook, and the teacher in me got all excited when I opened it! It's very clever and organized!
Both my girls off to school means I have the boys to myself in the mornings! Our first day just us, Noah had speech therapy, and then we played until Lyla came home for lunch. The second day the boys had their first visit to the Dentist! (I never have taken pics at the Doctor or Dentist...such a slacker mom!) I look forward to doing some fun things with just the boys in tow!! Maybe grocery shopping will be possible now??
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