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On punks and braggarts

Mary Admin2010-11-30T11:39:25+00:00November 30, 2010|SPD, Weblogs|

The last couple of weeks have been a little rough for Chance at school. See, and right after I wrote about how well he was doing. Sigh. First, it was [...]

S is for Superstitious, M is for Meow

Mary Admin2010-10-11T15:33:53+00:00October 11, 2010|SPD, Weblogs|

I'm becoming superstitious. Every time I write something here that is in the least little bit prohetic (or just optimistic) I jinx myself. Such as, "I think we're getting better!" [...]

Firstly, we will learn grammar

Mary Admin2010-08-16T11:13:21+00:00August 16, 2010|SPD, Weblogs|

Today was Chance's first day of kindergarten!! Can you hear the elation? I'm pretty psyched, he's pretty psyched. I'm pretty sure there will be no tears (unless Keen loses it, [...]

Balance

Mary Admin2010-01-20T11:28:55+00:00January 20, 2010|SPD|

If any of you were wondering what living with a sensory-seeking SPD kid is like, it's kind of like this... Followed by launching himself into the couch, over and over. [...]

Alternative is another name for options

Mary Admin2010-01-13T14:30:28+00:00January 13, 2010|SPD|

This video makes me feel a bit queasy. http://video.pbs.org/video/1316921025It's about diagnosing children with bipolar disorder and medicating them. Not that I'm against medication, because I'm not. I have a close [...]

Going on the list of things to do when I’m rich

Mary Admin2009-03-09T13:23:21+00:00March 9, 2009|SPD|

So I've been thinking a lot about this one lately... the way our school system is set up. Chance is getting closer to kindergarten - he's a year away - [...]

Patchy, but mostly sunny

Mary Admin2008-10-19T23:12:34+00:00October 19, 2008|SPD, Weblogs|

Earlier this week Chance was sick so I kept him home Wednesday from beloved preschool. He wasn’t really sick sick, just one of those runny nosed, slightly hot, cranky/lethargic type [...]

It Begins Again

Mary Admin2008-09-30T22:59:07+00:00September 30, 2008|SPD, Weblogs|

Tomorrow (Wed.) Chance goes back to preschool. We are both so excited it’s a little ridiculous. Him because of 1) kids, 2) kids, and 3) kids! Me because guess how [...]

Good tired? Or just good and tired

Mary Admin2008-09-10T11:06:15+00:00September 10, 2008|SPD, Weblogs|

We have been doing OT and speech therapy with Chance for three weeks now. I'm also on the second week of a specialized brushing and joint compression technique that reduces [...]

Three Sucks

Mary Admin2008-08-27T18:32:11+00:00August 27, 2008|Parenthood - the other white meat, SPD, Weblogs|

Chance had his first OT and speech therapy session yesterday. He really liked it. There were games involved and lots of play for about an hour and a half. He [...]