After his younger siblings are asleep is when I get my one on one time with Jax. Tonight we read through the newest issue of Highlights High Five. He loves the hidden pictures and finding the silly pictures. I also read him some of the stories in it. He was excited to see if there was something to make as he loves to make things. They had a tie hanger you can make which I might have him make for my father since my husband doesn’t wear ties much. …continue reading
One thing that I have come to understand about JC is that there are good days and bad days. But why? Why are some days better than others? When everything is seemingly the same, why do activities on some days elicit much more volatile reactions?
Then it hit me… My child is like an Orchid!
Orchids are beautiful, highly sought after flowers, but are very temperamental and difficult to grow. But not just that… There are over 30,000 orchid varieties that all thrive under varying conditions. Each must have a specific temperature, specific humidity, specific soil blends, water levels, and some prefer to be housed in a glass dome. If these conditions are met, the orchid blooms into a beautiful flower. But if these conditions are not met, the orchid will wilt and die. …continue reading
Do you ever have one of those moments in your day (as a parent) where you just want to say, “F*** it?” Where you think: I can’t do this, I am too overwhelmed, I am
It was autism awareness month and since my son’s diagnosis I feel like I have spent a lot of time on that and less on SPD and my daughter’s special needs. I want to change
When my son was diagnosed at 8, it was like “FINALLY! IT ALL MAKES SENSE!” SPD is not something you just “get”, you’re born with it. So all of his past strange behaviors weren’t his
In January, my nonna (grandmother) passed away. She was 90 years old, and though they didn’t speak the same language, Angel really thought her bis-nonna (great grandmother in my family’s dialect) was pretty neat. After
I woke up this morning to the rambunctious sounds of my little men bouncing off the walls and into each other, with the under current tones of prodding reminders from my Knight in Shining Armor husband trying
Don’t assume… …that the mother who is giving her baby a bottle of formula is too lazy to breastfeed or doesn’t care about giving her baby the best. Her baby may have been unable to
