I'm sitting on the couch listening to Shannon tuck in her babies and singing "twink, twink leetle star, how i wonder what you are, up above the stars twink twink little star"
I don't think you can really appreciate typical or normal development until you witnessed development that veers off course or stalls all together.
Seriously, looking back, how could I have not known when Lauren was 2 1/2 and had a vocuabulary of 20 words with no word combination, that there was someting wrong? I spent my entire working career evaluating children. How did I not know? I guess the answer is simple, I didn't want to know. I couldn't face it in my own child.
The more important questions is when am I going to get over it?
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Never going again
Ellie has decided she is never going to preschool again. From what I understand of the story, her arms hurt from then monkey bars. She doesn't want her arms to hurt anymore so she's never going again.
I tried to resolve the situation by telling her she didn't have to go on the monkey bars. She sighed and said "oh, mom" and gave me that look. You know the look girls have been giving their moms for centuries. The one that said "you just don't understand nor will you ever".
It only came 10 years ahead of schedule.
I tried to resolve the situation by telling her she didn't have to go on the monkey bars. She sighed and said "oh, mom" and gave me that look. You know the look girls have been giving their moms for centuries. The one that said "you just don't understand nor will you ever".
It only came 10 years ahead of schedule.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Ballerinas reside in my house
We have entered the world of ballet. It took them two years of begging but the big two are now taking ballet lessons on Friday night. I was going to take Lauren on Friday nights and have Ellie take another class. It took me about 15 minutes of Lauren's class to figure out that was a horrible idea.
They do have another class for Ellie and it's AT THE SAME TIME! I only have to chase one child down a hallway. I was thinking tonight that if I never believed that time could stand still before then I certainly do now. It was the longest 2 hours of my life.
The best part is Lauren's class. It is an adaptive dance class. I think there are only a few kids in the class. Her teacher also used to be a special education teacher and will incorportate Lauren's IEP goals into the class.
They do have another class for Ellie and it's AT THE SAME TIME! I only have to chase one child down a hallway. I was thinking tonight that if I never believed that time could stand still before then I certainly do now. It was the longest 2 hours of my life.
The best part is Lauren's class. It is an adaptive dance class. I think there are only a few kids in the class. Her teacher also used to be a special education teacher and will incorportate Lauren's IEP goals into the class.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
She is so much more
She is a:
daughter
child
sister
granddaughter
niece
1st grader
girl scout
ballet student
good friend
swimmer
She is:
smart
funny
energetic
full of life
good memory
determined
Oh, yeah by the way she happens to have Autism. But that's not who she is. It simply a diagnosis that allows her to get certain services.
daughter
child
sister
granddaughter
niece
1st grader
girl scout
ballet student
good friend
swimmer
She is:
smart
funny
energetic
full of life
good memory
determined
Oh, yeah by the way she happens to have Autism. But that's not who she is. It simply a diagnosis that allows her to get certain services.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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