Hazlenut Kids is an online toy store that has provided me hours of recreational dreaming. Many a visit has been spent drooling over the natural, earth-friendly, wooden and organic toys for children and babies. Cause as any parent of a child with special needs will know, a toy is just a toy…..it’s therapy. In this…
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Good Questions
“What would happen to Matthew if you guys were killed in a plane crash?” asked a nervy acquaintance. The question stunned me. Since my son, Matthew was first diagnosed with autism as a toddler, I’d been asked tough questions about his future. “Will he ever live on his own and hold down a job? Do you…
Eardrop Loathing.
Every few weeks it’s the same. Ivy gets an ear infection and her ears start to discharge. One of the joys of being immune deficient, I guess. Her ear goop grows all sorts of weird and wonderful things, ranging form your stock standard Staph all the way to various spores and fungii. When your body…
Making a Difference
Have you experienced problems with a business or company that discourages shoppers with disabilities? Have you felt unwelcome when walking through the door of a store where the associates look down on you or your child with a disability? Would you like to take a vacation but have found it tough to travel with your…
World Down Syndrome Day
March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day. On March 21st, 2009, World Down Syndrome Day will mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Professor Jerome Lejeune’s discovery of the extra copy of chromosome 21 which causes Down Syndrome. 3 copies of the 21st chromosome. T21. Get it? Down Syndrome organizations around the world this…
Special Exposure Wednesday
Celebrating St Patricks Day in true Ivy style. Laying in the grass, watching the world go by. Got a beautiful moment to share? Why don’t you join in the fun here at Special Exposure Wednesday. Please remember your comment love at each link you visit. Also blogging at Three Ring Circus
Can’t Beat the Leprechauns, Join Them
Since my sons were preschool-age leprechauns have made a yearly romp through our home. Every St. Patrick’s Day morning the boys awaken to overturned furniture, strewn toys, hidden mint candies, shamrock confetti tossed about and green pee in the toilets…complete with wee green footprints on the toilet seats…evidence of the leprechaun’s play time. Until last…
Try This Tuesday #35: Disciplining Your Child
Welcome to another Try This Tuesday. For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Disciplining Your Child. The person who suggested this topic specifically asked about the teenage years, so if…
Coddling a child with special needs: Do we sometimes overdo it?
This weekend, my kids had their usual car fight. Again and again and again. Max wanted to sit in his little sister’s car seat (yes, it’s very cute, his is just plain blue) every time we went out. Given that he and Sabrina are about the same weight, it is not a safety issue. It…
The Long and Winding Road
A Guest Post by Natalie: When our youngest daughter, Mandy, was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis Type 1, I was completely blindsided. I had never heard of this absurdly long word with too many vowels. I promptly came home and obsessively played Dr Google, looking for anything I could find to help me understand what must surely…