I first learned of Vicki and Evan while reading her post The Mother at the Swings. In an instant, a heartbeat really, I knew I had found a kindred soul. Her description of ‘gingerbreadmen’ was a complete reflection of a situation I was experiencing. I quickly found that the guide was right, that I was…
The Hush Hush Disability
It is a longer post than I normally write, but for the sake of children -born and unborn- please take a few moments to read. Next week, I promise to write more lightly about my boys and the new language at our house…and it is not Spanish or French.*gasp* Do you know that you may…
Try This Tuesday #2: Getting a Response
Thank you so much to everyone who left comments and posted their tips on our first Try This Tuesday last week. There were so many great ideas to learn from; I especially liked the idea from Carol Russell about having her son sing songs to measure his timeout – we will definitely be trying this…
Preparing to Bake in Your GFCF Kitchen
Last week we started talking about stocking your GFCF Pantry. Part Two of my kitchen review includes things I use for baking and preparing things like waffles and pancakes. Please keep in mind that you don’t need to buy everything on this list. When I first started baking without gluten or casein I bought 5…
The Bigger Picture – An Interview With Penny Richards
Penny Richards is a Mom who sees the bigger picture. In addition to posting about cool stuff in the world of disability studies, geography and history at the Disability Studies blog, Penny also shares the positive side of parenting a child with disabilities. Thanks, Penny, for sharing your views in today’s interview! Tell me a…
A Train Unit
Vocabulary Signs: Train Train Sounds: TRAIN SOUNDS Circle Time/Opening Song/Poem/Fingerplay: “Trains” Here’s a little choo-choo train Chugging down the track Now it goes forward Now it goes back Now the whistle blows Whooooo, Whooooooo! What a lot of noise it makes Everywhere it goes Chooo-chooo-chooo! The train comes running back. Fingerplay: This is a choo-choo…
Not coping with his coping style
Madeline was diagnosed with Tourettes Syndrome, ADHD, and OCD at the age of eight with me and my husband at her side. It’s been two years since that day and my husband has yet to let the word Tourettes pass through his lips. We never talk about it and I’m sad about that. We have…
The Trouble With Birthday Parties
My son has been invited to several birthday parties in the past few months, most of which were for children from his preK class. A year ago, I would have hesitated to take him, knowing that he would spend most of his time playing by himself or having a meltdown from all the activity, but…
The Power of Music
Music is an integral part of our family. My husband is a musician by profession, so for as long as we’ve been together our house has been full of the sounds of flamenco, jazz, rock, and classical music. It was no surprise then that our children took to music like ducks to water. For Zoe,…