Kaitlyn

My little Kaitlyn (or should I say big!) is still horse riding to help with her anxiety.
Meg is a very sweet, gentle and caring pony (very unlike the spoilt, cheeky ponies I'm used to!) and Kaitlyn just loves her.
Unfortunately her riding teacher is moving to Canada in a few weeks, so we only have about 3-4 lessons remaining.
As you can imagine Kaitlyn is upset. However I am absolutely devastated! Seeing your highly strung, stressed out, anxious child finally relaxed, in control and at ease is something very special. Words can't even describe it.

I hope that in time we will find another riding teacher or (hint hint hubby) get our own pony so Kaitlyn can continue this experience.




Today is the first day of year 2 for Kaitlyn. Thankfully on Friday the principal set up a meet and greet with Kaitlyn's new teachers. We went in, had a chat, had a look around and I got to tell the teachers a little bit about her anxiety and what to look out for.
Then the teacher gave Kaitlyn a big squeezy hug and she smiled, a great big smile of relief.
I left her feeling a bit nervous but looking good this morning in her new classroom.
I have a much better feeling about this year than last. I think 2016 schooling is going to be much more successful for kaitlyn. And I'm hoping to see some good progress.
At the end of last year I asked for kaitlyn to be tested. To rule out any learning disabilities. Hopefully once everyone is settled in Kaitlyn will begin her testing and maybe we will have some more answers. Or maybe we can just rule out difficulties, maybe we will know it's only her anxietystopping her...

Who knows, there's no harm in getting her checked.

So: that's where my biggest girl is at, at the moment.
Still dealing with her anxiety, still doing all we can to help her.