When our children have difficulties in school, learning or another issue which makes us suspect that there is something “wrong” we don’t many options to get a diagnosis without sending our children through testing. I know I’ve mentioned this before but in case you are a first time reader, I’m an adult who has ADD…
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Big Sister
Three years ago today my twins entered the world in a flurry of activity that was the perfect climax of a tumultuous pregnancy. I left our home the day before Thanksgiving for a check up with the OB. I told my daughter I was going to the doctor and that I would be home soon….
Sick.
With very little sleep, words aren’t coming to me today. Will is sick, presumably with an ear infection that is leaving him lacking sleep and not wanting to eat. It is a delicate tightrope we walk. With his mito dysfunction and without sleep, his GI system starts to have issues. When the GI system has…
Special Exposure Wednesday.
PICC maintenance days are not our favourite. Especially after IVIG, a blood test and a neck ultrasound. She hates the poking and prodding and I hate watching her go through it because sometimes there just seems like there is nothing I can do to help her. Got something to share? Why don’t you join in…
Traveling With A Special Needs Child
We are a mobile society. But with ever-increasing air travel security post 9/11, we no longer take travel for granted. Every passenger must pack luggage according to strict rules. We all endure the perils of personal screening. But what if you are traveling with a special needs child. Here are some resources that may help.
10 Basic Tips for Regaining Post-Holiday Happiness
The holidays can be challenging for just about everyone as fatigue from busy schedules, the strain of holiday spending and challenges due to family discord are faced. For many, after the gifts are opened and the parties have ended, the post-holiday let down is just beginning. As a result, Dr. Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD, BCBA-D, a…
Underestimating Our Children’s Awareness?
Do we underestimate our kids or are we spot on? This question has been floating around my head; though it’s not the first time I’ve had floating thoughts, nor the first time this one has made its rounds, it is at the forefront today. After our wedding fiasco (said lovingly and lightly), we had theories…
When it feels we’re living on a tightrope… (With book giveaway!)
Imagine walking on a tightrope strung between the tops of the Twin Towers in New York, a quarter-mile high in the air. A French street performer, Felippe Petit, did just that in August, 1974. He’d watched the towers be built, and decided the space between them would be perfect for a tightrope walk. He’d already…
Sometimes I Want a Pity Party
I don’t usually want pity. I love my family. I have a great life. There is really no reason for you to pity me. Except. Sometimes when I’m having a bad day, I would really like your pity. I would. Like when I took the kids to Kohl’s for a quick return and Olivia is…
Is That A Banana In your pocket?
Perhaps you were one of the “lucky” ones growing up and didn’t actually watch the absolutely ridiculous movie It’s Pat. Consider yourself lucky, it was one of the stupidest movies I’ve ever seen!! (Or the Sex in the City episode where Samantha uses a vibrator to soothe Miranda’s baby?) What does the title of my…