Many of you have followed my little blog as I have mentally processed having a child that is a little “different”. I have run the gamete of human emotions sitting in front of this very keyboard clickity clacking away– sometimes with tears in my eyes and a heavy heart in my chest. But now, now…
Okay, so it goes without saying that one of the most awful points of stress for a mother of a child with developmental delays or disorders is the crippling fear that their child won’t learn to make friends, or won’t be accepted by his or her peers. We are literally up at night, stressing, that…
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One of the things about my blog is that it is incredibly beautiful in it’s randomness. Much like the thoughts that spin round and round like a carousel that never stops in my mind and the emotions that flow like waves in a storm in my heart. To read my blog is to know me.…
So, I have kind of been dragging my feet writing this “catch up” post about our little Jp. Mostly, because I know that it will be long. How terrible is that? It’s not that we have had any major changes…but life with a toddler is never boring, ammiright? I suppose the best way to say…
So….today was the evaluation for speech. It went…um…interestingly, to say the least. I am not going to bore you with the ins and outs because boring is not my style. But a few things did stand out from this particular experience. One, lets talk about the actual test. It was ridiculous. It literally was the…
Today I had to take Jp to see a new pediatrician in the same office since his (since his birth) moved away. It was just a standard well-check but I walked away feeling kind of sorry for the many children with delays that will see this woman (since mine certainly never will again). She was…
When someone first dropped the word “autism” on me a year ago, I have to admit, I wanted to punch her. Like, literally. I could see me reaching out and snatching that cute bob right off of her head. I had taken Jp to see her to get a jump on the expressive language that…
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Okay, is it a full moon tonight or something? Jp has said no less than 10 fully-coherent-never-before-uttered-full-on sentences tonight. Seriously, it’s like listening to a totally different child right now. He is following (simple one-step) directions, using sentences outside of his phrases, and expressing himself in a way that I have never heard before. He…
Then they go and surprise you. I had play date today with an acquaintance that has a son with developmental issues. It was our first. It went seemingly well, though when I walked away I felt like I had peppered her with too many questions and she probably hated me for it. I most certainly…
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Do you know what I think is absolutely adorable? Pregnant women -or women with tiny, tiny babies- telling me how they are going to parent when they are still all full of optimism and flush with knowledge from freshly purchased parenting books by acclaimed authors. I don’t mean to glaze over with a condescending smile…
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