My husband likes to tease that he will be the last in his family to get an iPhone. Technology upgrades aren’t really in our budget at the moment, but with an iPhone, I could blog on vacation! Oh well, something to think about next year. Ready or not, vacation here [...]
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It seems like every year we don’t give ourselves enough time to prepare for vacation, despite our best intentions. Then we become frazzled wrecks as we try to get done an impossibly large amount of tasks and eventually just cross our fingers and head out on the road hoping we didn’t forget anything major. Last year [...] This may seem a bit off topic for my blog, but I wanted to get the information out there on the net in case it’s helpful to other parents. Last month I mentioned my son’s food allergies, but didn’t mention that he’s also had some issues with asthma. Allergies and asthma are linked, where allergic individuals [...] C has an exceptional memory, at least in many aspects. For example, he remembers books and videos extremely well and with high detail. He learns songs quickly and has a knack for remembering names, even crazy ones like in his Secrets of Droon books. The catch may be that without reinforcement, some of this information can [...] Well, not too surprisingly, Z didn’t qualify for services from early intervention. They thought his speech was pretty much on target, perhaps a month behind by whatever scale they use. I told them that I didn’t think it was normal that it would take him until 20 months to say “Mommy” and 21 months to say [...] Z’s early intervention evaluation is tomorrow. I guess I better stop procrastinating and finish filling out the paperwork they mailed me! It basically asks about things Z does, his favorite things and things we wish he’d do. It’s very open-ended, which makes it more difficult to fill out. None of the questions directly involve communication, which [...] Tomorrow is Father’s Day and serves as another reminder of how much I appreciate my husband. I see so many single parents out there and I wonder how they do it. It’s so hard being a parent even with a partner. When I’m exhausted at the end of the day, I sometimes think about what it [...] I mentioned a bit ago that C is very wiggly. He finds it hard to sit still and constantly fidgets. I often get frustrated playing board games with him because he ends up bumping the board repeatedly and shifting it closer and closer to me until I have no choice but to shift it back and [...] Back in May I mentioned how C has some challenging behaviors. At the time things were probably the most difficult because of issues at school. I felt like the enforcer, having to make him due the inappropriate work his teacher sent home. It led to a lot of guilt and conflict. When his teacher started to [...] C’s kindergarten report card that recently came in the mail and made me reflect again on this school year. His grades tell a lot of the story. He received the highest marks in reading the entire year and also in math, with one exception. When he started to refuse to do all of the math drill [...] |
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