You know when you have those moments with your child that you truly want to freeze time? You want to hold on to that moment and never let it go. Those of you who have kids will disabilities, you understand that those moments are even more precious.Last weekend, Bubs was introduced to butterfly kisses. These eyelash kisses were made popular about 13 ...
Parenting to Impress Blog...
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Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6:7
Transparency
Some sweet friends of ours are battling cancer right now. It is amazing how the couple who is struggling actually turns out to be the couple who is blessing everyone! One of the blessings that I have received is in reading their blog. I continue to be blessed by their strength and reliance on the Lord. But, the biggest blessing that I have ...
Praise God for Little Steps
When Bubs was in the NICU, the nurses told us "two steps forward, one step back." I can't tell you how true that was. He would be doing better which lead to us getting our hopes up and then something would happen. I have reminded myself of this concept throughout our experience with Bubs' sensory issues. We have good days and then those days when I ...
Can You Hear Me Now?
We have had a full moon come and go without too much fanfare. I wonder if it will still hit or truly pass by. That is not to say that everything is smooth sailing but we haven't had the huge melt downs for several days in a row. Right now Bubs is struggling to keep his volume in check. I truly believe that he doesn't realize how loud he is. ...
Social Group
Bubs has had the opportunity to join a social group at therapy. The time worked for us and because interns are leading the group there is no cost! In the social group they set up situations where the children have to learn to share, show good manners, handle tough situations, etc. For example, during the craft time, they will purposely not have ...
Just a Late Bloomer?
When we started Bubs with Occupational Therapy, we had several people comment on our decision. One of the comments we received came by way of a mom of three children. Her suggestion was that we just wait because Bubs might be a late bloomer like her son was. Last night, my husband and I were talking about that exact comment while thinking ...
Visual Perception Breakthrough
We have been doing the Visual Perception Activity every day as suggested by the optometrist. For the past week, I have watched Bubs flip all of the block vertical patterns that I created. On Saturday we made a big break through when he suddenly realized that his pattern was flipped. We all know that realizing is half the battle. I was really ...
Visual Perception Activity
Here are the directions for the visual perception activity that I blogged about a couple of days ago. Live your comments and let us know how it worked for you! ...
I Obeyed!
I just asked Bubs to take a shirt to the laundry room to be washed. He immediately picked it up and said "okay". Then he turned to me with a huge smile and said "I just obeyed, Mommy, right away." Oh those little things! ...
Ways to Serve Parents of Children with Special Needs
Throughout life's challenges, we have had people tell us "give me a call if you need help." I have learned that people either say that to make themselves feel better or they say it because they really don't know what to do. I saw an article in the Focus on the Families magazine "Discovery Years" February 2009 and thought it was something that I ...