I lasted posted about feeling numb the day my son received his diagnosis. When I wrote that, it was the morning following his diagnosis and I was at work. My son was sleeping when I left and I had not seen him yet. Later that day, I found myself laughing as we were playing outside, just my beautiful boy and his mama. I did not feel numb. I felt delighted in my son, just like any other mom. It was only 24 hours from his diagnosis, proving that the saying “what a difference a day makes” is very true. …continue reading
My oldest daughter will be 7 in January and ever since she was born there’s been something not quite right. She never slept as a baby, and I do mean “never.” I could get her to sleep for 30 minutes at a time if I was lucky unless she was in her swing or being rocked to sleep and hummed to or in bed with me. My father in law used to pat her bottom and hum “The Army Song” to her just so she would nap for me. I would hold her in my lap and rock her so fast, and hum to her just to get her to stop crying. We went through some serious sleep deprivation and we just sort of joked that she was a “busy baby” but I did not know to consider it abnormal in anyway. She was always alert and started the weaning process on her own she just decided the world around her was far too interesting, and she wanted a bottle instead, she went from walking on her hands and feet in a crawl to a full on run by 9.5 months and was quite a verbal child. I couldn’t tell you how many times I have been asked if she has ADD or ADHD, the thing is she came out of the womb basically “running”…I don’t think that happens with ADD. Madison just *is* that way…this is what I have been telling myself until I found out about SPD. …continue reading
