This contest is now closed! For the last few years Parker has been rocking it in cloth. Cloth diapers that is. With all of our medical expenses I went looking for ways to economize and started researching cloth diapers. Parker goes through a lot of diaper changes. It isn’t unusual for us to go through…
Tag Archive: special needs
A Little Self Talk
I think I even surprised myself with how much hope I had put into this year’s educational plan. I wanted this to be the year that Parker made up the gap between his age and where he should be academically. Or at least pass off each of his IEP goals. Things started off in high…
What If We Had Listened to the Experts?
Sometimes I don’t know where to begin…or whether to begin at all. Ever been there? My brain freeze and total body paralysis occur when I begin to think about balancing the never-ending needs of four sons – three living with a variety of special needs which comprise a spectrum of behaviors and needs…mental as well…
3.21.09 Celebrate Down Syndrome And Help Bring Kellsey Home
Around the world today people who love a child with Down syndrome are celebrating the beauty found within an extra chromosome. http://momseatofpants.blogspot.com 50 years ago most parents of a child with Down syndrome were told to hand their newborn off to an institution, because these children weren’t able to learn and would be nothing but…
The Head Banging. It Is Intense.
In the last six months Parker has gone from a quiet, sedate kid, to an independent, knows exactly what he wants kind of dude. I like a man who knows what he wants. But not so much a kid who bangs his head against the nearest, hardest thing to get it. Although, now that I…
The Classifieds, Baby
We at 5 Minutes For Special Needs are here to serve. No,we don’t do dishes, dinner, windows or laundry. But, we are totally committed to providing our readers an online site that supports those who love a kid with special needs. Today I’m excited to unveil the grand opening of our brand spankin’ new Classifieds…
CellKeeper Giveaway!
I’m one of those kind of people. The kind that puts their glasses down ‘just for a sec’ and then promptly forgets where she put them down at. Recently, while trying to multi-task by straightening up as I was getting ready to run a few errands, I threw away not only the stuff that needed…
Compassion
Written by Natalie Let’s be honest, the journey through the more complicated side of neurofibromatosis with our daughter Mandy has not been easy. There have been many days of uncertainty, of fear, of desperation, of anger. We have tried to find the blessings whenever we can. One of those blessings is being able to see…
Grief and Siblings
Written by Chrissi When a child passes away, the pain for all is so hard to comprehend, especially for a sibling. We, as parents, have our own grief and our own pain and we tend to not be aware of what our children, the siblings may be feeling. I know for our family that was…
Spreading The Love With My Wonderful Walls.com
Some people just like to spread love. Stephanie and her husband from My Wonderful Walls are two of those people. Creating individual works of art with their Kids Murals and Nursery Murals, this husband and wife team are growing their new business by planting seeds of love. Stephanie was so sweet to send Parker a…