Weekend Came and Went

The first weekend with the new neuro reorg went well.  I think we got in the majority of the goals and actually did the poses twice yesterday (120 repetitions each for 3 positions), which was the first time since we started.  We are getting more efficient and K is starting to learn what she needs to do to get it done.  T noticed that she is blinking excessivly when she is doing them, so we arn't sure if it is dust or something (because we are on the floor), or if there is actually something triggering in her brain.  The creeping is still HARD.  We are finding less and less to motivate her enough to do the creeping and she doesn't seem to be getting any more efficient at it and until she does, the 25 min goal will remain.  She has a goal of 5 min's of crawling, but when you do let her crawl, its like you open the gate and then she won't creep anymore or cheats the creep as a crawl.  Her behavior in general is still off, from what it has been over the last few months and I'm not really sure why.  A lot of defiance and moaning about things that would seem pretty minor to the rest of us.  The big trigger this weekend was over chapstick.  N and I returned from the store and we didn't even get out of the garage before K was screaming at both of us for not getting her some chapstick too at the store.  I waited for her to calm down and asked her if she thought I would get N chapstick without getting her one? No, she replied, I asked her if she thought i might have one in my bag for her? Yes, she replied, I then asked her if she made a good choice by screaming at us like that?  No she said as her face sunk.  It took her the better part of a day, asking constantly about it, trying to manipulate, to earn it by making better choices.  In the end, I think it was one of the more effective logical consequences we have done.  She clearly understood that her approach to the situation had caused her not to get something she really really wanted and as hard as she tried, she couldn't blame me or her sister for it.   I could see the wheels spinning though... I had not forgotten about her..... I had not bought her sister something without getting something for her too, oh what to do!  She was perplexed, truely perplexed, it was interesting to observe how she tired to wrap her head around what happened then tried to repair what she had done.  Sunday Religous Education class brought another challenge, she had been doing well all year because the class is short and there are usually lots of fun crafty projects like she really enjoys, but last week she was sent out of class for putting her hands on the other kids during story time and not listening to the teacher, well, she got to sit out front with one on one attention which is great if you are trying to reward bad choices.  So we had a talk this week with the teacher, and even though it was the last week, we wanted to prevent any additional rewarding of bad choices.  We set up for them to come and get us if need be and explained the importance of ignoring behaviors so they arn't reinforced, but they were in big group with a lot of activities and it ended with no drama.  Big ENT appointment this week for K's surgery, so lots on the horizon!