SETTLING IN

Well if there is one strength that Kaitlin has, it has to be that she is a very adaptable little kid!!!  We are attending Conductive Education here in CHCH.  This time around Kaitlin is in a class of three little girls - you've never seen so much pink!  She is doing well and physically she has made some significant improvements.  She can lay on her back and push herself around on the floor quite some distance!  She has a few new toys that she canb touch and they make sounds and lights flash, she is directing her arms to them with more accuracy and a little bit less effort.  She is rolling on a regular basis now although her way of doing it is to flick her body really fast and then curl up.  The conductors said that these kids adapt to what their bodies do and start to figure out their own way to do things even if not in the typical way.  She is finally sleeping through the night THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  She is eating solids well (as you can see by the pumpkin tongue in the photo).  Next term she starts swimming on Fridays which is awesome as she LOVES the water and splashing.  My Aunty Helen does Porse childcare in her own home.  She looks after two sets of twins, a wee girl called Freida who is a bit younger than Kaitlin, and a little baby boy called Moses.  We have been visiting them  and hanging out, going to the playground, playing with the Guinea Pigs, reading books etc.  The kids are great with Kaitlin.  When we first went there and I took her out of the pushchair and she was her floppy self, one of the little boys said "oh, poor Kaitlin, she's tired from walking all this way.  They hold her hand, push her on the swings and turn pages of books for her.  Helen even got her her own Guinea Pig called Toots, because we asked Kaitlin what she thought it should be called and she let out a big ripper down below that lasted ages, so we thought Toots it is!  I have some great photos of all the kids playing together but I have to get them off Helen and then I'll post them.  We are taking Kaitlin on her first fishing trip to Kaikoura this weekend.  It is a big family affair with aunties, uncles and cousins, and weather depending (it doesn't look great) we will go out on Uncle Glenns boat and try our luck.  Two nights away will be heaven, and lots of new experiences, sounds, sights and smells for our wee girl.  I see a good photo opportunity!