Weighted Blanket Success

Welllll.......Success! Last night Katie went to bed with her weighted blanket, another blanket, and my body pillow. She slept all night except for getting up to go to the bathroom. She woke up a little before 8 am and that is because I moved her blanket to check on her. This is progress. She also has been much calmer today. Probably because she got a normal amount of sleep. ~smile~ Maybe the dark circles under my eyes have a chance to go away. ~LOL~

I will continue to update on this. Maybe this will help someone else.

Katie's Weighted Blanket

We are all so excited! Katie's weighted blanket came today. Here is a picture along with the pillow case they included. Katie cannot wait for bedtime tonight. "I" can't wait for her to go to bed tonight. ~LOL~
It is a beautiful blanket. It is 9lbs.
Here is the website:
http://www.weightedblanket.net
They are very thorough. I had left a message for ordering this over the 4th of July weekend. Well, they called me back the very next business day to inform me that I ordered the wrong weight. The woman was very nice. So far I would recomment this company right away.
I'll let you know in a few days, week if this helps Katie. Every child is different, so we shall see.

Quick Post

I am so excited for this new school year! I just put in a few orders for school books etc. My kids (and myself) are going to be excited when the UPS man gets here. ~smile~

I also started changing my blog sidebars with the new subjects. Tom will be doing a lot of experiments this year and so will Katie and Ana. They needed a change. This will keep their attention better.

I'm also excited for Story of the World. I bought Jim Weiss audio cd's for the girls! They are starting to want to listen to stories at night so this will be great.

I do have some more things to get but I will be ordering them in a few weeks. I have to "save" some from my grocery money. ~LOL~ That's ok. It will benefit all of us.

I had decided not to use the Apologia Human Body for Becca. Apologia seems a little boring and she really didn't like the courses that she already took. (I wish I could go back and change it). The books and dvd's that I ordered will be better for her. ~This is her last year~

I can't wait to see the Artists and Composers activity paks from Homeschoolinthewoods.com . These look awesome! I'm wondering if Katie and Ana could do some of these? We will see....

Becca will be doing crafts for art so we will be visiting Michaels and AC Moore quite a bit.

The 2 girls are doing great with their therapeutic horse riding lessons. Ana cried last night because she found out that the horse she had started with, was going out to pasture. She doesn't quite understand that he is old and needs to relax. I tried to explain to her that, just like us when we get old, we need to relax. She'll be ok. I'm sure she will find another special horse.

We were blessed with a PA Autism Grant for Katie's lessons. We were so excited when we received the letter.

(Just a little note: The girl's "trainers" are excellent at what they do and they are very nice and enjoyable to be around.)

This week I ordered a weighted (twin) blanket for Katie. We ordered from Dream Catchers www.weightedblankets.net (Thanks Mom & Dad). I will let you know how Katie adjusts with it. I'm thinking we may get it by the end of next week.

Thomas isn't so thrilled. I have him going back to learning Latin. ~smile~ I hear/heard good things about First Form Latin, so we will be giving this a good try. I think I will sit with him to learn this "if" I have the chance to.

We are so excited with becoming grandparents. What a gift from God! Our grandson is so beautiful. We have been seeing pictures and it's amazing to see him with his eyes wide open. We also see his Daddy in his face and also his Uncle Tom. We are hoping to go down again real soon. (not soon enough for me)

Well, Time to move on with other things.
Have a good night.
~Margarete~