Some Good Days

It has been a good few days. Neither of the girls have been requiring pain medications, which is good. Rebekah has been eating and tolerating her feeds. Still not much luck with potty training.

Last night, it was about an hour after bedtime by the time we actually got the girls into bed. Horse back riding, dinner and a bath just took longer than usual. Although it was a later than normal bedtime, they both cooperated very well and went right to sleep. That got me thinking that perhaps I was trying to put them to bed too early. So tonight, I kept them up for an extra hour and they seemed to go right to bed again. Maybe, just maybe, that is the trick to getting them to cooperate with bed time.

Monday night, however was NOT a good bedtime. They did not want to go to sleep. And then Rebekah pulled Sarah's hair and pulled a clump out. She got some severe talking to about that. I wasn't sure (and to some extent, I'm still not sure) if they will be able to continue to share a room. If Rebekah continues to be "rough" with Sarah and they pester each other at bed time, then they will need to be separated. We will have to see how it continues.

Rebekah seems to be figuring out our routine. Today, she was pretty sure that it was a school day. In addition, she knew she would need her backpack and we would go bye bye. Next Monday will be her last day of school until July and then there will be 2 and a half weeks of school and then another few weeks off before the regular year starts the last week of August. It will be a sad time for Rebekah, especially if she is truly learning the routine. I'm sure that we will find other ways to occupy our time!

Part of our night time routine includes saying prayers. Well, the girls have determined that they need to kneel in front of Sarah's bed for prayers. We had been sitting on one of the beds. Also, Rebekah has started saying the prayers for us. It is mostly unintelligible to me, but she has figured out that she needs to end with Amen. It is really rather cute to watch. And they certainly make sure that we get our prayers said.

She is using more and more words. Today, she actually strung two words together without any prompting. I can't remember what it was she said, but it impressed me. During her horse riding therapy, she was getting out some S and F sounds. F's are completely new and S's we haven't heard in a while. It is always good to see some progress.