On other fronts, we began homeschool this week and she is up to the task. We bought her a small table so she can sit on her bed and do school like the boys (brothers have desks in their room.) She has more concentration than I would have thought and likes to write letters and do math but not quite up to reading yet. There have been 2 meltdowns, -1 over not being able to write out Newton's laws of motion lol. Getting on a schedule is good for her but her need to wait while I teach the boys has been overwhelming for her.
Now the squeakquel. I've written about her having ticks and body jerks which we think is learned. These had almost disappeared following surgery but had reappeared to a lesser degree when we went to Dr. Appointments (stress?) This week she began squeaking. It started, I think, with her being at the top of the stairs and hearing the echo of her voice. It then occurred when she was excited (school, swimming etc.) and it progressed to almost a nonstop squeaking early in the week. About every 20 to 30 seconds she would make a high pitched eek. The boys and I were pulling out our hair. I tried gum, mints, counting and nothing seemed to work. Thankfully it has lessened over the last few days and she primarily does it when she eats. This also drives the boys crazy but pay backs are hell. Yesterday at lunch she was licking her bowl clean when I told her again that it wasn't good manners. She looked at me like I was crazy and said, "you English people," as if we had it all wrong.
She continues to share little bits of her orphanage life with me: some good, some bad, but it always comes back to her telling me she loves me and rubbing my cheek as she says, "you're very nice."
