A lot of changes have been made in my bedroom recently. My mummy just moved the bunk bed to Kevin's & Ano's bedroom and I had their three quarter bed.
The reason of that was because my mum would spend more time with me to do the makaton sign language together in my bedroom. With my old bunk bed it was impossible to do that because my mum couldn't sit together with me so she swapped my bed with kevin's & Ano's was a good idea.
Everynight after I finish my dinner my mummy and me stay in my bedroom and learn it stage by stage .I am quite good at it actualy.
Not only my bed had changed also my mum just put up a new curtain for me. It was a plain cream roller curtain before but I ripped it off when I got upset. Luckily the roller still worked so my mum just bought some new material and replaced it with blue ship curtain which I liked very much. I felt so relaxed to look at them.
I've had my new "rocket&planet" lamp shade as well. It was a paper football before and because I could reach it everytime I stood up on my bunk bed I started fiddling it and ripped it eventualy.
Now I can't touch my new lamp shade as it's quite far from where I am.
I like my bedroom and enjoy spending my spare time in there.
Through my bedroom I can see the big road where the cars, busses and people passing by. I can see people's houses as well. I can see our garden with my trampoline and my hammock down there.
I like when it's nice weather so I can open my window and can see the sky so bright and I feel fresh when the breeze comes inside.
That I enjoy very much.
I have a tv combi and a video as well so I can watch my favourite'Queen'or'Eagles' DVDs or just watch the kids program on telly and learn makaton from my video.
Also I have a radio in my room to keep me entertained.
I always sleep with the radio on because I can't sleep without it. I hate being silent and in darkness.
So light and sound are very important for my sleeping routine.
Now I sleep in my bed alone.
Years ago I couldn't sleep without somebody with me (either my mummy or my dad)..I always wake up in the middle of the night if I found there was none of them with me.. and I stayed awake and wondered around disturbing them until morning when I had to get ready to go to school..In the school I had much trouble as I was so tired and sleepy. It affected my behaviour too.
Then Dr. Roberts, My doctor gave me a medicine called melatonin to get me to sleep routine but it only worked for a while as I could sleep only in the length of the time it could take effect.
My mummy worked really hard to sort out my problems until one day she bought me a sleeping bag from Next. She thought it might help me to feel like being cuddled when I was sleeping.
I liked it and for the first time I felt safe and warm as well.
The other day my mum saw in IKEA that they sold a big long pillow (people called it as a boster or bantal guling in Indonesian) and she bought two for me and at that night I slept very well.
Since then I didn't need the medication anymore and my sleeping problem was sorted.
