The On Switch has been thrown
For those fans of IT Boy, an update. I really haven’t talked about him much lately (well, I haven’t talked about much of ANYTHING lately) but that isn’t because things are going badly. On the contrary, things are going great. …
Posted in Family, Hyptonia, Out of Sync, Parenting
Tagged social skills, special education, special needs
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Back to school (almost)
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It’s kind of weird to have a 2 week summer vacation, but that’s the life of the IT Boy. Last Friday was the final day for Boy at his early intervention pre-school. The day after Labor Day, he will start in …
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Tagged a proud parent, back to school, early intervention
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Therapy Schmerapy
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Recently, I was hearing a report from Boy’s physical therapist that made me chuckle. She had tested him on some Peabody score markers, and wasn’t happy with his results. Instead of kicking a ball, he throws it with both hands …
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Tagged brothers, goalkeeping, peabody scale, physical therapy, sisters, soccer
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Diagnois: No Diagnosis
I’ve blogged a few times about how we have continued to seek a diagnosis for IT Boy, only to wind up with no diagnosis. He’s 2.6 years old, and we know little more about what’s causing his delays than we …
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Tagged early intervention, hypotonia, special education, special needs
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State of My State
Things around here seem to have stabilized into what I can best describe as “the new normal.” My grandmother is safely ensconced in a nursing home. The place is good, and she’s doing as well as can be expected, although …
Posted in Family, Free time!, Hyptonia, Out of Sync, Parenting, Taking Care of ME, Travel, You gotta have friends
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I feel like I am in an episode of "24" and the clock is ticking, just not in a good way
Editors note – if this post feels a bit confusing, it’s because you don’t have a special needs kid. Sorry to use the lingo without a lot of translation. I thought we were getting a head start on the search …
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Tagged cpse, early intervention, preschool, special needs
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Catching Up
You know it’s been a long time in blogging when you have to re-login to WordPress… Anyhow, it’s not for lack of something to say. I’ve had two business trips in the past 3 weeks, and even though they are …
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State of the Boy, First Edition of 2009
I haven’t written much about the Boy, because in a macro sense at least, things are business as usual. He’s still in his pre-school in the morning and entertaining his motley crew of home service providers in the afternoon. He’s …
Posted in Family, Hyptonia, Out of Sync, Sensory Processing Disorder
Tagged cpse, early intervention, hyptotonia, special needs kids
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A Work In Progress
IT Boy has been in school just under a month. Overall, things are going as well as can be expected, when you take into account what a radical chance preschool is for the boy. Here’s how his weekdays go…He goes …
1 week, 5 days
IT Boy just completed day 5 of school. It’s out of order, but I’m counting it as a week. And a success. We had a couple of painful moments when the staff didn’t realize that his busing had not started …
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Tagged early intervention, hypotonia, preschool, speech delays
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School Daze
We’ve finally settled on a plan for IT Boy in terms of a preschool. He’s not going to attend the nursery school that his sister went to in the 2′s, at least not this year. We found a (hopefully) great program …
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Tagged early intervention, hypotonia, nursery school blues, pre-school
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So, ummm, what brings you here?
We’re going to visit our first of 3 pre-school programs to check them out for “IT-Boy-ness” today. I had grand plans to put together a huge list of questions to ask everyone at the program, but only mustered about 5. …
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Tagged early intervention, hyptotonia, pre-school, soccer, swimming
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Giving up the ghost
This fall, IT Boy turns 2. It’s also the time he’s going to start going to pre-school. We signed him up when he was about 6 months, to get him a place in the wonderful nursery school that his sister …
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Tagged early intervention, hypotonia, Parenting, pre-school
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He's a walking man
The biggest news in the world of IT Boy is his progress in walking. He’s gone from cruising, and taking steps around the furniture, to walking distances, and now getting up on his own in the middle of the room …
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Tagged early intervention, hypotonia, therapies up the wazoo
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Over the speed bump
IT Boy is making really good progress these days. He’s walking, albeit only when we steady him into a standing position, but he can take a few steps by himself, which is huge. He’s pointing up a storm, and learning …
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