Does Delia enjoy camping? If so, you could arrange her bed as a mock tent, draping sheets above it, either from picture hooks on the walls or other large pieces of furniture. A suggestion of a tent canopy would be enough to fuel her fiery imagination, and wouldn't trap additional heat in her bed. If Fiona wanted to help, she could look about for particularly pretty leaves or flowers or nut husks, too. That always made my sister feel better as a kid.
For me it was just reading -- lots of it -- and changes of location. Bed for a while, a couch in the living room, a chair in the sunroom, my mom's bed. The change usually came with food, too -- even just a little moving had me inclined to eat a few bites of something, when my stomach wqas otherwise uninterested.
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Does Delia enjoy camping? If so, you could arrange her bed as a mock tent, draping sheets above it, either from picture hooks on the walls or other large pieces of furniture. A suggestion of a tent canopy would be enough to fuel her fiery imagination, and wouldn't trap additional heat in her bed. If Fiona wanted to help, she could look about for particularly pretty leaves or flowers or nut husks, too. That always made my sister feel better as a kid.
For me it was just reading -- lots of it -- and changes of location. Bed for a while, a couch in the living room, a chair in the sunroom, my mom's bed. The change usually came with food, too -- even just a little moving had me inclined to eat a few bites of something, when my stomach wqas otherwise uninterested.
Many hopes and wishes for you and yours.